Weather Details & Aloha Paragraphs
Posted by GlennAugust 26-27 2007
Air Temperatures – The following maximum temperatures were recorded across the state of Hawaii Sunday:
Lihue, Kauai – 86F
Honolulu, Oahu – 87
Kaneohe, Oahu – 85
Kahului, Maui – 90
Hilo, Hawaii – 88
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 – 78F
Kahului, Maui – 67
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:
1.74 MAKAHA RIDGE, KAUAI
0.67 WAIANAE BOAT HARBOR, OAHU
0.00 MOLOKAI
0.01 LANAI
0.00 KAHOOLAWE
0.26 KULA BRANCH STATION, MAUI
0.32 PALI 2 , BIG ISLAND
Weather Chart – Here’s the latest (automatically updated) weather map…showing a 1027 millibar high pressure system located NE of Hawaii. Now that the weekend upper level low pressure trough is far away to our NW, we’ll see the return of the trade winds, starting off quite light…remaining active into 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.
Coast of Hawaii…on the Big Island
Photo Credit: flickr.com
Lighter than normal winds will give way to returning trade winds soon. The latest weather map shows a 1027 millibar high pressure system to the NNE of the islands. Meanwhile, the upper level trough of low pressure continues to move westward…located to the NW of Kauai Sunday evening. This low aloft was responsible for weakening our local wind speeds. When we have this kind of light wind condition during the summer months, hot and humid conditions exist at sea level locations. The trade winds will gradually start to return Monday, which will help put an end to the muggy conditions.
This trough of low pressure will keep our overlying atmosphere somewhat unstable over Kauai and Oahu, with localized showers in the forecast…some of which could still be locally quite heavy. These showers will focus their efforts best over and around the mountains during the afternoon hours…although they will drift down towards the beaches locally too. Now that the upper low is further away, only Kauai and Oahu will have the threat of locally heavy showers. The islands of Maui and the Big Island will likely some form of interior shower activity, but less than on Saturday.
It’s Sunday evening here in the islands, as I update this last paragraph of today’s narrative from Kula, Maui. The western part of the Aloha state, including Kauai and Oahu are most likely to be on the receiving end of showers now. There is still a chance of some of this rainfall to be heavy enough to cause some brief localized flooding. The upper low will soon be replaced by a ridge of high pressure aloft, which will help to bring a stabilized atmosphere back around. As the low pressure trough moves further away, our local trade winds will be able gain a finger hold again, with light breezes gradually strengthening over the next several days. We should be getting back into a fairly normal late summer trade wind weather pattern as we move into the new week ahead. ~~~ The south and west facing leeward beaches will start to see a rise in surf over the next couple of days, and by the middle of the new week may have gained enough height to trigger a late season high surf event. ~~~ Meanwhile, the total lunar eclipse will occur Monday night, for information please check out the link below. ~~~ Here in Kula, late Sunday morning it’s begun to cloud up rather quickly, although the clouds don’t have quite that moisture laden look to them as they did Saturday afternoon…when heavy rains fell! Those clouds dropped a few showers, although minor compared to the Saturday afternoon downpours. ~~~ I’ll be back early Monday morning with your next new weather narrative from paradise, I hope you have a great Sunday night until then! Aloha for now…Glenn.
Here’s an interesting website story about the planet Mars.
Here’s some information about the upcoming total lunar eclipse here in Hawaii.
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