Hawaiian Islands weather details & Aloha paragraphs
Posted by GlennNovember 24-25 2007
Air Temperatures – The following maximum temperatures were recorded across the state of Hawaii Saturday:
Lihue, Kauai – 80
Honolulu, Oahu – 82
Kaneohe, Oahu – 79
Kahului, Maui – 83
Hilo, Hawaii – 81
Kailua-Kona, Hawaii – 81
Temperatures ranged between these warmest and coolest spots near sea level at 5 a.m. Sunday morning:
Kaneohe, Oahu – 75F
Kailua-kona – 63
Precipitation Totals – The following numbers represent the largest precipitation totals (inches) during the last 24 hours on each of the major islands, as of Sunday morning:
0.02 MOUNT WAIALEALE, KAUAI
0.18 MANOA LYON ARBORETUM, OAHU
0.13 MOLOKAI
0.12 LANAI
0.00 KAHOOLAWE
0.41 PUU KUKUI, MAUI
0.09 KAMUELA UPPER, BIG ISLAND
Weather Chart – Low pressure systems to the north of Hawaii will push our trade wind producing high pressure ridge southward towards the islands. This pressure configuration will gradually make our winds lighter…and cause them to swing around to the ESE and SE into Monday. 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.
The full moon in Hawaii…sweet
photo credit: flickr.com
Other than a few windward biased showers, our weather here in the Hawaiian Islands will be beautiful Sunday into Monday. The air flow coming into the state will gradually be turning to the ENE, and finally the more customary easterly trade wind direction, as we move through the next couple of days. This will warm our air temperatures up some, and probably bring a few more showers to the windward sides. The south and west facing leeward beaches will be sunny during the days.
Looking further ahead, the computer forecast models are now indicating a change in our weather starting around the middle of the new week. The first thing we’ll notice is that our winds will turn from the trade wind direction, to the southeast, as a trough of low pressure forms near the islands Tuesday. We will see an increase in volcanic haze over the southern part of the state as well. Winds coming in from the southeast will bring in higher humidity and warmer temperatures in general. In addition, we’ll see an increased chance of showers…lasting off and on through much of the new week. This won’t be a constant rainy period, although there will be off and on showers. The chance of heavy showers exists, although not certain quite yet, although what does seem clear is that much of the new week coming up will be wetter than normal starting by Wednesday.
It’s Saturday evening here in the islands, as I begin writing this last paragraph of this narrative. Have you been noticing the very large moon the last few nights? This month’s full moon occurred early Saturday morning here in Hawaii. Despite the fact that it has peaked in fullness and brightness, it will nonetheless be super bright Saturday night! ~~~ I took in a new film last evening after work, this one called No Country for Old Men. This is a screen adaption from a book written by Cormac McCarthy. The film is set in West Texas, about a man on the run with a suitcase full of money, who is pursued by a number of individuals. Tommy Lee Jones is the leading acter, among many other fine performances. This film has received very impressive grades from the critics…here’s a link to what they’re saying. This is no light weight film, with lots of violence, so I won’t be adding a link to the trailer, although for those that can take it, there is a link on the page I referred you to above. The film was outstanding, although filled with lots of killing, no doubt about it! I would have to add my own A grade to the long list of others who rated this extremely well done western. The truth is that I felt a little stunned as I was driving up the Haleakala Highway after the film, although not in a bad way…just in awe at the well done presentation. ~~~ If you had a chance to read down through the paragraph above this one, you know that the new week ahead looks quite interesting, filled with quite a impressive weather change, including moisture coming up from the deep tropics to our southeast. Then perhaps a cold front arriving later in the week from the northwest direction. I will be adding updates to this potentially wet weather scenario often over the next few days. ~~~ Saturday was a great day here in the islands, with lots of warm sunshine, which will extend naturally, organically if you will, right into Sunday. I’ll be back early Sunday morning with your next new narrative updates.. I hope you have a great Saturday night, wherever you happen to be spending it! Aloha for now…Glenn.
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