Weather Details & Aloha Paragraphs
Posted by GlennSeptember 3-4 2007
Air Temperatures – The following maximum temperatures were recorded across the state of Hawaii Monday:
Lihue, Kauai – 86F
Honolulu, Oahu – 89
Kaneohe, Oahu – 84
Kahului, Maui – 88
Hilo, Hawaii – 86
Kailua-Kona, Hawaii – 86
Temperatures early Tuesday 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 Tuesday morning:
0.86 MOUNT WAIALEALE, KAUAI
0.19 POAMOHO 2, OAHU
0.00 MOLOKAI
0.00 LANAI
0.00 KAHOOLAWE
0.37 WEST WAILUAIKI, MAUI
0.40 PAHOA, BIG ISLAND
Weather Chart – Here’s the latest (automatically updated) weather map…showing high pressure systems located far NW and NNE of Hawaii now. This pressure configuration will keep the trade winds blowing at light to moderate levels Tuesday and Wednesday. 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.
Light to moderately strong trade winds will continue to blow across our tropical latitudes here in the islands. The latest weather map shows high pressure systems located to the NW and north of the islands…the source of our trade winds now. It appears, according to the latest computer forecast models, that our winds will stay about the same as we move through the first part of this new week…and then begin to soften gradually towards the weekend.
The long lasting upper level trough of low pressure continues to move away towards the west. Weather maps show the upper level trough of low pressure to the NW of Kauai Monday. As the upper trough moves away towards the west, we have returned back into a normal trade wind weather pattern during this new week. Showers will fall at times along the windward sides as usual, and perhaps along the Kona slopes during the afternoons or evenings too.
It’s Monday here in the islands, as I update this last paragraph of today’s narrative. Besides the few showers that will fall along the windward sides, and those upslope showers in Kona during the afternoon hours, weather conditions will remain favorably inclined right on this Labor Day holiday. It will be a great day for most outdoor activities, especially along those sun filled leeward beaches. I sometimes give comparisons between Kula and Kahului, here on Maui, during the early morning hours. This time lets check the tempatures early Monday afternoon, which shows Kula at a relatively warm 74F degrees, while at the same time, down at the Kahului airport, it was a warmer 87F degrees. ~~~ I’ll be back early Tuesday morning with your next weather narrative. I hope you have a great Monday night wherever you happen to be reading from! Aloha for now…Glenn.
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