Weather Details & Aloha Paragraphs
Posted by GlennJuly 1-2 2007
Air Temperatures – The following maximum temperatures were recorded across the state of Hawaii Sunday:
Lihue, Kauai – 83F
Honolulu, Oahu – 87
Kaneohe, Oahu – 84
Kahului, Maui – 87
Hilo, Hawaii – 83
Kailua-Kona, Hawaii – 86
Temperatures early Monday morning ranged between these warmest and coolest spots near sea level at the 4 a.m. hour:
Lihue, Kauai – 76F
Hilo, Hawaii – 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 Monday morning:
1.00 MOUNT WAIALEALE, KAUAI
0.84 SOUTH FORK KAUKONAHUA, OAHU
0.03 MOLOKAI
0.00 LANAI
0.00 KAHOOLAWE
0.55 PUU KUKUI, MAUI
0.53 WAIAKEA UKA, BIG ISLAND
Weather Chart – Here’s the latest (automatically updated) weather map…showing a 1030 millibar high pressure system located far to the NW of Hawaii Monday. The trade winds will remain light to moderately strong over Hawaii’s coastal waters through Tuesday…locally 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.
Full moon weekend
The trade winds will be slightly lighter Sunday and Monday, although still be quite breezy in most places. The latest weather map shows high pressure systems centered to the NW and NE of the 50th state…which is the source of these locally breezy winds. All the small craft wind advisories are now cancelled, as the winds have come back down into the moderately strong category. These cooling and refreshing trade winds will continue blowing steadily through at least the next week, and probably longer…perhaps getting stronger again by next weekend.
The balmy trade winds will contiue to bring a few windward biased showers to our islands. This will leave the leeward sides mostly dry, although the Kona coast will continue to receive a few late in the day upslope showers. The state in general will remain quite dry however, with nothing unusual expected in the rainfall department. Those driest areas around the state, where drought conditions exist, will remain out of luck in terms of rainfall. On the other hand, those areas that usually see some showers falling, will continue to be graced by showers at times.
The south and west facing leeward beaches will see larger than normal surf breaking today into Monday. A major storm last week down near New Zealand, which had hurricane force winds at one point, generated this larger than normal swell train of waves in our direction. There will be several parts to this surf event, the first peaking this weekend, with second and perhaps third parts arriving during the new week ahead. Folks using our local beaches, especially those not used to being in large waves…should exercise caution when entering the ocean where that type of surf is breaking. The NWS forecast office in Honolulu is continuing its high surf advisory for those leeward beaches, which should remain in force for quite a long time.
It’s Sunday here in Kula, Maui, as I begin writing this last paragraph of today’s narrative. As you can see if you had the chance to read the weather paragraphs above, we will continue to see favorably inclined weather circumstances here in the Aloha state well out into the future. Additionally, we will have an unusually long lasting period of higher than normal surf breaking along our leeward beaches. The south shores haven’t had much in the way of surf in the last several weeks, so it will be a very exciting time for those folks in the surfing community here in the islands! ~~~ Meanwhile, the June full moon occurred this weekend, which will be flooding our nighttime skies with reflected sunshine! ~~~ I was invited to a bbq party last night in lower Kula, which turned out to be lots fun. The party happened at the same estate that had the big party a couple of weeks ago that I went to, which was one of the best ever. I knew some of the folks that were there, and met a few new friends as well. ~~~ I’ll be back early Monday morning with your next weather narrative, I hope you have a great Sunday night! Aloha for now…Glenn.
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