Weather Details & Aloha Paragraphs
Posted by GlennNovember 13-14 2007
Air Temperatures – The following maximum temperatures were recorded across the state of Hawaii Tuesday:
Lihue, Kauai – 82
Honolulu, Oahu – 85
Kaneohe, Oahu – 82
Kahului, Maui – 85
Hilo, Hawaii – 84
Kailua-Kona, Hawaii – 80
Temperatures ranged between these warmest and coolest spots near sea level at 4 a.m. Wednesday morning:
Kaneohe, Oahu – 76F
Kahului, Maui – 65
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:
0.12 PRINCEVILLE AIRPORT, KAUAI
0.10 MAKUA RIDGE, OAHU
0.00 MOLOKAI
0.00 LANAI
0.00 KAHOOLAWE
0.14 OHEO GULCH, MAUI
0.11 PAHALA, BIG ISLAND
Weather Chart – High pressure cells to the NNW through NE of the islands will keep our moderately strong trade winds blowing through Thursday and beyond. Here’s the latest (automatically updated) weather map. 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 and Radar 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.
Our special Hawaiian Islands!
photo credit: flickr.com
A new trade wind producing high pressure system to the NNW of Hawaii will be pushing eastward…into the area north of the islands Tuesday evening. The recent spell of light winds will trend back into light to moderately strong trade winds today, increasing further into the moderately strong realms by Wednesday. The trade winds may get strong enough over the next couple of days to require small craft wind advisories to be issued for the windiest places in the southern part of the state. The latest computer forecast model guidance suggests that the trade winds will prevail through the rest of this week, and perhaps longer.
Weather maps and satellite imagery continue to show gale and storm low pressure systems migrating across the north Pacific…with their associated cold fronts dangling to the south. These cold fronts, approaching from the northwest direction, won’t have much influence on our local weather…stalling before bringing their showers into the Aloha state for the most part. We will at times however see the trades carry a few showers onto the windward coasts and slopes…especially as we get into the upcoming weekend time frame. The leeward sides will continue to be mostly sunny, to partly cloudy during the days.
It’s Tuesday evening here in islands, as I start writing this last paragraph of today’s narrative. As noted in the weather paragraphs above, the Hawaiian islands remain in a sheltered area, protected from the rain bearing cold fronts in the middle latitudes to our north…by high pressure systems with their associated ridges. This leaves us with favorably inclined weather circumstances well into the future, or at least through the rest of this work week. ~~~ When I got up this morning at 4am, I turned on my computer, but the monitor wouldn’t boot up. This immediately throw me into a minor tail-spin, although I leveled off rather quickly, and made the necessary adjustments. I had to go down to the Maui Community College, using one of their computers to do my website updates. It’s probably good to have these things happen occasionally, just so we can affirm to ourselves that things turn out ok when we give them a chance. It’s good to remember also that these minor stumbling blocks, especially the electronic ones, certainly aren’t life and death matters! This problem got corrected during the day, so things should be back to normal come early Wednesday morning…when I return with your next weather narrative. ~~~ I hope you have a great Tuesday night wherever you happen to be spending it! Aloha for now…Glenn.
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