Weather Details & Aloha Paragraphs
Posted by GlennJune 11-12 2007
Air Temperatures – The following maximum temperatures were recorded across the state of Hawaii Monday:
Lihue, Kauai – 84F
Honolulu, Oahu – 88
Kaneohe, Oahu – 85
Kahului, Maui – 89
Hilo, Hawaii – 81
Kailua-Kona, Hawaii – 86
Temperatures early Tuesday morning ranged between these warmest and coolest spots near sea level at the 4 a.m. hour:
Kaneohe, Oahu – 77F
Molokai airport – 69
Precipitation Totals – The following numbers represent the largest precipitation totals (inches) during the last 24 hours on each of the major islands, as of Tuesday morning:
3.72 MOUNT WAIALEALE, KAUAI
0.07 OAHU FOREST NWR, OAHU
0.00 MOLOKAI
0.00 LANAI
0.00 KAHOOLAWE
0.46 OHEO GULCH, MAUI
0.48 PAHOA, BIG ISLAND
Weather Chart – Here’s the latest (automatically updated) weather map…showing a 1027 millibar high pressure system to the NE of the islands, which remains pretty much locked into place. The trade winds will be light to moderately strong Tuesday and Wednesday…stronger and gusty in those windiest areas around the state. Here’s a Weather Map Symbol page for clarification about what all those weather symbols mean on the map.
Hawaii’s Mountains – Here’s a link to the live webcam on the summit of near 14,000 foot Mauna Kea on the Big Island of Hawaii. The tallest peak on the island of Maui is the Haleakala Crater, which is near 10,000 feet in elevation. These two webcams are available during the daylight hours here in the islands…and when there’s a big moon rising just after sunset for an hour or two! Plus, during the nights and early mornings you will be able to see stars, and the sunrise too…depending upon cloud conditions.
Tropical Cyclone activity in the eastern and central Pacific – Here’s the latest information coming out of the National Hurricane Center, covering the eastern north Pacific. You can find the latest tropical cyclone information for the central north Pacific (where Hawaii is located) by clicking on this link to the Central Pacific Hurricane Center.
Satellite Images – To view the cloud conditions we have here in Hawaii, please use the following satellite links, starting off with the Infrared Satellite Image of the islands to see all the clouds around the state during the day and night. This next image is one that gives close images of the islands only during the daytime hours, and is referred to as a Close-up visible image. This next image shows a larger view of the Pacific…giving perspective to the wider ranging cloud patterns in the Pacific Ocean…out from the islands. To help you keep track of where any showers may be around the islands, here’s the latest animated radar image.
Sunset from Maui
The cooling and refreshing trade winds continue to moderate and temper the afternoon heat here in the Hawaiian Islands. Weather maps show a high pressure system to the NE of the islands, which is the source of our light to moderately strong winds. As is often the case, those windiest areas around the state will have locally stronger and gusty winds at times. This cell of high pressure is nearly stationary at the moment, and isn’t expected to move away anytime soon. The long range computer forecast models suggest that we’ll see a long run of trade winds, which is very common for this late spring period…increasing a notch during the second half of the week.
These trade winds will bring a few passing showers over the windward areas, with a few afternoon showers along the leeward slopes in places. These showers won’t amount to much in most areas. The leeward beaches will have lots of sunshine beaming down, especially during the morning hours. Air temperatures will be about what we would expect during June at sea level…ranging between 70F to 76F at night, rising to between 83F and 90F during the afternoons.
It’s Monday here in Kula, Maui, as I begin writing this last paragraph of today’s narrative. Today was a holiday here in the islands, or at least for state employees. Since the Pacific Disaster Center’s (my regular day job in Kihei) managing partner is now the Research Corporation of the University of Hawaii, a state agency, I had off from work…making for a three day weekend. My TV weather show is broadcast live from the University of Hawaii’s Maui Community College, so that I didn’t do the show today either. It all starts up again as of early Tuesday morning, when I’ll be back on my regular work schedule for this website. I’ll be likely go to the island of Oahu the next two weekends, so I’m feeling a little more foot loose and fancy free these days. ~~~ As described in the first two paragraphs above, our weather will remain just fine well out into the future, just the way most of us like here. I’ll be back well before dawn Tuesday with your next completely updated weather narrative from paradise. I hope you have a great Monday night! Aloha for now..Glenn.
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