Weather Details & Aloha Paragraphs
Posted by GlennJune 25-26 2007
Air Temperatures – The following maximum temperatures were recorded across the state of Hawaii Monday:
Lihue, Kauai – 83F
Honolulu, Oahu – 88
Kaneohe, Oahu – 83
Kahului, Maui – 88
Hilo, Hawaii – 84
Kailua-Kona, Hawaii – 85
Temperatures early Tuesday morning ranged between these warmest and coolest spots near sea level at the 4 a.m. hour:
Honolulu, Oahu – 76F
Kailua-kona – 70
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:
1.59 MOUNT WAIALEALE, KAUAI
0.60 MANOA LYON ARBORETUM, OAHU
0.03 MOLOKAI
0.00 LANAI
0.00 KAHOOLAWE
0.66 WEST WAILUAIKI, MAUI
0.14 HILO AIRPORT, BIG ISLAND
Weather Chart – Here’s the latest (automatically updated) weather map…showing high pressure systems stretched across the north central Pacific…connected by a solid ridge of high pressure. The trade winds will remain rather gusty Tuesday and Wednesday…strongest over those coastal waters around Maui and the Big Island. 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.
Wispy rainbow along the coast…
As would be expected this time of year, the trade winds will continue to blow across our latitudes of the north central Pacific. The latest weather map shows two high pressure systems, one to our north and the other to the NE…which are the source areas for our local trade winds. Local winds are expected to remain quite blustery, perhaps peaking out in strength during the Tuesday through Thursday time frame this week. The small craft wind advisory around Maui and the Big Island waters remains active, and may need to be extended to other areas if the trade winds increase a notch during the mid-week period as expected. The trade winds will remain active through the rest of this month…and likely well into the first part of July.
Shower activity will remain fairly normal along our windward coasts and slopes, although may be a little more active than usual near Kauai for another day or two. This will leave the leeward sides mostly dry, which is common during the summer season. Those showers that may dampen the island of Kauai, more so than the rest of the Aloha state…will occur due to the presence of an upper level low pressure system to the NW of Kauai. This upper air feature is expected to move away soon, so that Kauai will join the rest of the state in a more or less normal trade wind weather pattern shortly. This of course includes the usual few passing showers along the windward sides…most generously during the night and early morning hours.
It’s Monday here in Kula, Maui, as I begin writing this last paragraph of today’s narrative. It’s full on summer here in the tropical latitudes around Hawaii now. Days will continue to be warm to very warm, while nights will be warm to only slightly cool. Temperatures near sea level will range between around 70F at night, on up the thermometer scale to near 90F during the afternoons in those warmest leeward beach areas. If we call those numbers the outer edges, the middle of the road temperatures, in most areas, will range between say 73 and 86 degrees. If one lives in a higher elevation area, like say in Kula here in upcountry Maui, temperatures are always cooler than down below. The temperature at a little after 5am Monday morning for instance, was a cooler 53F degrees. High temperatures in Kula, even during the hottest days, often remain in the 70’s. ~~~ I hope you had a great weekend wherever you happened to have spent it. Here it is Monday again, time for us workers in the world to get on back to our jobs. I feel very fortunate to have jobs that I love, and people to work with that I consider my friends. I’ll be back early Tuesday morning with your next weather narrative, I hope you have a nice Monday night! Aloha for now…Glenn.
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