Hawaiian Islands weather details & Aloha paragraphs
Posted by Glenn
January 26-27 2008
Air Temperatures – The following maximum temperatures were recorded across the state of Hawaii Saturday:
Lihue, Kauai – 75
Honolulu, Oahu – 81
Kaneohe, Oahu – 76
Kahului, Maui – 74
Hilo, Hawaii – 72
Kailua-Kona, Hawaii – 80
Temperatures ranged between these warmest and coolest spots near sea level at 6 a.m. Sunday morning:
Kaneohe, Oahu – 70F
Kapalua, Maui – 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:
1.19 MOUNT WAIALEALE, KAUAI
0.38 SOUTH FORK KAUKONAHUA, OAHU
0.04 MOLOKAI
0.00 LANAI
0.00 KAHOOLAWE
1.29 PUU KUKUI, MAUI
0.98 GLENWOOD, BIG ISLAND
Weather Chart – Here’s the latest (automatically updated) weather map. A relatively strong 1034 millibar high pressure system, located far to the north of the islands Sunday, will keep moderate to locally strong and gusty trade winds blowing into Monday. Here’s a Weather Map Symbol page for clarification about what all those weather symbols mean on the map.
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.
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.
These gusty trade winds are expected to continue through the next week, with no letup in sight. This isn’t too unusual, as any month of the year can have trade winds blowing. This winter however has had more than the normal number of days with the trade winds blowing. We could point to the fact that we have an active La Nina happening here in the Pacific Ocean, for a possible reason. The good thing about this, is that typically when the trade winds are active, we have more or less favorable weather conditions in the islands…although the windward sides can find off and on passing showers prevailing.
Those windward biased showers will be around through the next week…although of an off and on nature. The incoming clouds, carried by the trade winds, will be quite shallow, at least through the next couple of days. This usually keeps whatever showers that fall restricted to the windward coasts and slopes. Although, having said that, we need to remember that with the trade winds blowing this strongly, there’s always that chance that a few of the windward biased showers can be blown over into the leeward sides…especially on the smaller islands.
It’s Saturday evening as I begin writing this last paragraph of today’s narrative. A trough of low pressure to the west of the state, near the International Dateline, continues to send us some minor high level cirrus clouds. This will likely dim and filter our famous Hawaiian sunshine some…although it seems to be thinning now. As I mentioned above, the orientation of our local winds, both at the surface and aloft, will keep our overlying atmosphere slightly cooler than normal for the next several days. ~~~ Tonight I have dinner plans with a friend, and then on to see yet another new film called There will be Blood starring Daniel Day-Lewis…which is getting excellent B+ – A- grades. This film revolves around an epic tale of family, faith, power and oil set on the incendiary frontier of California’s turn-of-the-century petroleum boom. The story chronicles the life and times of one Daniel Plainview, who transforms himself from a down-and-out silver miner raising a son on his own into a self-made oil tycoon. But even as the well raises all of their fortunes, nothing will remain the same as conflicts escalate and every human value–love, hope, community, belief, ambition and even the bond between father and son–is imperiled by corruption, deception and the flow of oil. Here’s the trailer for this much looked forward to new film…at least on my part. ~~~ I hope you have a great Saturday night wherever you happen to be spending it! I’ll be back Sunday with more weather news from paradise. Aloha for now…Glenn.
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