Weather Details & Aloha Paragraphs
Posted by GlennJuly 24-25 2007
Air Temperatures – The following maximum temperatures were recorded across the state of Hawaii Tuesday:
Lihue, Kauai – 85F
Honolulu, Oahu – 89
Kaneohe, Oahu – 83
Kahului, Maui – 87
Hilo, Hawaii – 87
Kailua-Kona, Hawaii – 86
Temperatures early Wednesday morning ranged between these warmest and coolest spots near sea level at the 4 a.m. hour:
Honolulu, Oahu – 76F
Hilo, Hawaii – 68
Precipitation Totals – The following numbers represent the largest precipitation totals (inches) during the last 24 hours on each of the major islands, as of Wednesday morning:
0.03 MOUNT WAIALEALE, KAUAI
0.73 OAHU FOREST NWR, OAHU
0.06 MOLOKAI
0.00 LANAI
0.00 KAHOOLAWE
0.61 OHEO GULCH, MAUI
0.19 KAHUKU RANCH, BIG ISLAND
Weather Chart – Here’s the latest (automatically updated) weather map…showing high pressure systems located to the north and NE Hawaii Wednesday. The trade winds will remain light to moderately strong over Hawaii’s coastal waters…although locally stronger and gusty in those usual windiest locations through Thursday. 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. Here’s a tracking map covering both the eastern and central Pacific Ocean.
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.
Keokeo Beach on the Big Island
Moderately strong trade winds will continue to blow across the Hawaiian Islands, like they almost always do during the summer month of July. Weather maps show well established high pressure systems located to the north and NE of the Aloha state. These high pressure cells will keep the trade winds blowing across our area of the north central Pacific through the rest of this week…which turns out to be the rest of this month. The small craft wind advisories remain in place over the channels in the southern part of the state, as well as those windiest coastal areas on Maui and the Big Island.
Nothing unusual expected in the rain department, with actually somewhat less than the normal amount of showers…even on the usually wetter windward coasts and slopes for the time being. The computer forecast models however do show an upper level low pressure system moving over, or near the state, later this week. As this upper air feature gets close, there may be somewhat of an increase in showers here and there…although it’s still a little early to know how much just yet. For the time being, this leaves all the leeward sides of the islands in fine shape, with lots of sunshine, and mostly dry weather prevailing. There’s always that chance that a few upslope showers may fall over the Kona slopes during the afternoons here and there.
It’s Tuesday here in the islands, as I begin writing this last paragraph of today’s narrative. We’re into our last week of July, with the weather here in the islands watching climatology very closely. Climatology of course is just the long term history of our daily weather conditions. Climatology gives us a good idea of what to expect on any given day, with weather conditions either matching that, as it’s doing now…or deviating greatly, when something unusual happens. This time of year the norm calls for the trade winds to be blowing, with just a few windward biased showers along our windward coasts. Climatology tells us that the leeward sides, those areas facing away from the prevailing trade wind flow, would be sunny and dry, and getting pretty hot during the afternoons. Our surrounding ocean is heating up nicely too, under the influence of all this Hawaiian sunshine…which will be edging up toward the 80F degree mark here pretty soon. ~~~ Have you noticed that the sun is starting to set earlier now, and the sunrise is happening a litle later each morning at the same time? This will continue to be the case of course as we move through the rest of this summer, into the upcoming autumn months. I gauge this earlier and later aspects during my morning walks, which I take right after I finish these website updates. I’m not needing my trusty little flashlight just yet, when I start out at right around 5:30am, although I have it ready to go when that time comes. ~~~ I’ll be back early Wednesday morning, I hope you have a great Tuesday night wherever you happen to be reading from! Aloha for now…Glenn.
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