Weather Details & Aloha Paragraphs
Posted by GlennAugust 19-20 2007
Air Temperatures – The following maximum temperatures were recorded across the state of Hawaii Sunday:
Lihue, Kauai – 87F
Honolulu, Oahu – 88
Kaneohe, Oahu – 85
Kahului, Maui – 89
Hilo, Hawaii – 84
Kailua-Kona, Hawaii – 87
Temperatures early Monday morning ranged between these warmest and coolest spots near sea level at the 4 a.m. hour:
Lihue, Kauai – 78F
Hilo, Hawaii – 72
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:
0.54 MOUNT WAIALEALE, KAUAI
0.24 OAHU FOREST NWR, OAHU
0.00 MOLOKAI
0.00 LANAI
0.00 KAHOOLAWE
0.14 WEST WAILUAIKI, MAUI
0.33 PAHOA, BIG ISLAND
Weather Chart – Here’s the latest (automatically updated) weather map…showing a 1028 millibar high pressure system located north of Hawaii Monday. This high pressure cell has elongated ridges of high pressure extending out to the west and east. This pressure configuration will keep our local trade winds blowing in the moderately strong category over Hawaii’s coastal waters…although locally stronger and gusty in those usual windiest locations through Tuesday. 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.
Wailua Falls, Kauai
Photo Credit: Flickr.com
The atmosphere over Hawaii is very dry and stable Sunday, although the windward coasts and slopes will see some shower activity increasing a little Sunday evening into Monday on the Big Island and Maui…then again towards the end of the week into next weekend The leeward sides will remain mostly dry, except along the Kona slopes of the Big Island, where some afternoon or evening showers may fall here and there. The computer forecast models suggest that an upper level low pressure system may help to increase showers locally towards the end of the new week ahead…which may keep slightly wetter than normal weather around into the weekend along the windward coasts and slopes.
It’s Sunday evening here in the islands, as I update this last paragraph of today’s narrative from Kula, Maui. The trade winds continue to be our primary weather feature now, which is very normal during the second half of August here in the tropics. The windward coasts and slopes will continue to see a few showers arriving, although abnormally dry for the time being. It looks like more fine weather is on tap, with a modest increase in windward showers Sunday evening into Monday. The models go on to show a upper level low pressure system moving near starting towards the end of the new week, with some increase in showers along the windward sides then. ~~~
I hope you have a great Sunday night wherever you happen to be spending it! I’ll be back early Monday morning with your next weather narrative from paradise. Aloha for now…Glenn.
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