Hawaiian Islands weather details & Aloha paragraphs

The latest weather maps and satellite imagery shows a stalled cold front just to the northwest of Kauai Saturday evening. This frontal cloud band is close enough to both Kauai and Oahu, that those northern islands will see the most showers falling. The rest of the state will see less showers, although there will be showers here and there along the leeward slopes…as there’s quite a bit of moisture in our overlying atmosphere. Winds will be mostly light to moderate from the south to SW direction, although gradually getting stronger as we move into Sunday. 

A more vigorous cold front will arrive Sunday across Kauai and Oahu, then slide down over the islands of Maui County during the night. This second front will progress down through the island chain, where it’s expected to stall somewhere around Maui, or perhaps as far as the northern half of the Big Island. Most areas of the state will see some of this rainy weather, and if the frontal cloud band stops over Maui County as expected, there could be quite an accumulation of the wet stuff there. The long range forecast shows another area of low pressure arriving Tuesday into Wednesday, which could drop another soaking rain then.

The models continue to show a wetter than normal second half of the new week ahead. We are now seeing a general concensus of the models describing a wet weather picture for pretty much the entire work week as a matter of fact. It appears that an upper level Kona low pressure system may form to the west or NW of Hawaii. This would put us on the wet side of this weather feature, with the chance that we would see copious rainfall. This is after several days of wet weather, which means that our soil will be saturated by then, and the prospect of flooding could become a serious matter. We need to keep an eye on this situation, and see if the models stick to their guns, or drift back to a drier outlook as they had just yesterday. 

It’s Saturday evening here in the islands, as I begin writing this last paragraph of today’s narrative. We’re moving through a weekend which will show increasingly strong winds, followed by a fairly widespread rain event later Sunday into Monday. There could be some localized flooding when the front moves through the state, and perhaps wind advisories going up before the cold front arrives as well. Here’s a looping satellite image so you can track the approaching cold front to our NW. ~~~ On another note, everyone should be very careful when going near the ocean on the north shores this weekend. A very large NW swell will be pounding those north facing beaches, making for dangerous conditions. We don’t want to see any fishermen, or anybody for that matter, being swept into the ocean! Please be careful, as the waves will be powerful, with strong currents and undertows. ~~~ I went to see a new film last evening, called Beowulf…"In the age of heroes comes the mightiest warrior of them all, Beowulf. After destroying the overpowering demon Grendel, he incurs the undying wrath of the beast’s ruthlessly seductive mother, who will use any means possible to ensure revenge. The ensuing epic battle resonates throughout the ages, immortalizing the name of Beowulf." The Boston Globe says, "the movie is hugely provocative fun." Here’s what the critics are saying about this film starring Anthony Hopkins, Robin Wright Penn, John Malkovich…and of course Angelina Jolie…among others. I enjoyed this film, although it wasn’t fabulous, I would give it a B- grade, although I could probably push it up into the B category now that I think of some of the more outrageous parts of that film! ~~~  It’s just before sunset here in Kula, Maui as I write these words. It’s breezy, with low clouds, and misty areas moving through at times. My wind chimes are sounding off, although the winds aren’t nearly as strong as I anticipate them being Sunday. I’ll be back early Sunday morning with the next updates on this unfolding wet weather situation. I hope you have a great Saturday night wherever you happen to be spending it!  Aloha for now…Glenn.