Air Temperatures – The following maximum temperatures were recorded across the state of Hawaii Wednesday:
Lihue, Kauai – 79
Honolulu airport, Oahu – 84
Molokai airport – 81
Kahului airport, Maui – 76
Kona airport, Hawaii – 82
Hilo airport, Hawaii – 82
Air Temperatures ranged between these warmest and coolest spots near sea level – and on the highest mountain tops around the state…as of 630pm Wednesday evening:
Kailua Kona – 80
Hana, Maui – 73
Haleakala Summit – 43 (near 10,000 feet on Maui)
Mauna Kea Summit – 36 (13,000+ feet on the Big Island)
Hawaii’s Mountains – Here’s a link to the live web cam on the summit of near 13,800 foot Mauna Kea on the Big Island of Hawaii. This web cam is available during the daylight hours here in the islands…and when there’s a big moon shining down during the night at times. Plus, during the nights you will be able to see stars, and the sunrise and sunset too…depending upon weather conditions. Here's the Haleakala Crater webcam on Maui – if it's working.
Tropical Cyclone activity in the eastern and central Pacific – Here’s the latest weather 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. A satellite image, which shows the entire ocean area between Hawaii and the Mexican coast…can be found here. The 2012 hurricane season is over in the eastern and central Pacific…resuming on May 15th and June 1st 2013.
Aloha Paragraphs
Trade winds…good weather
Small Craft Wind Advisory…statewide
~~~651pm HST Wednesday evening: mostly clear to partly cloudy,
near calm at my upcountry Kula, Maui weather tower, the
air temperature was 69.8F degrees~~~
The following numbers represent the most recent top wind gusts (mph), along with directions as of Wednesday evening:
23 Lihue, Kauai – NE
27 Kahuku Trng, Oahu – ESE
28 Molokai – NE
39 Kahoolawe – NE
32 Kahului, Maui – NE
30 Pali 2, Big Island – NE
Here are the latest 24-hour precipitation totals (inches) for each of the islands as of Wednesday evening:
0.01 Kilohana, Kauai
0.16 Oahu Forest NWR, Oahu
0.02 Molokai
0.00 Kahoolawe
0.18 Puu Kukui, Maui
0.41 Pahoa, Big Island
We can use the following links to see what’s going on in our area of the north central Pacific Ocean. Here's the latest NOAA satellite picture – the latest looping satellite image…and finally the latest looping radar image for the Hawaiian Islands.
~~~ Hawaii Weather Narrative ~~~
The trade winds will remain active through Friday. Here's a weather chart showing a near 1037 millibar high pressure system, located far to the northeast of the islands. This high pressure cell has an associated ridge of high pressure extending to the north of the islands. The trades will stick around through Friday, and then shift back to the south and southeast by the weekend…as the next late season cold front approaches. We will likely see another episode of vog then, until the trade winds return again early next week.
Satellite imagery shows generally clear skies over and around the islands…at the time of this writing. As the trade winds firm over the islands, and strengthen further through Thursday into Friday…we'll see a few off and on showers falling along our windward sides. The leeward sides will remain mostly clear over the next several days…as dry weather prevails.
A trade wind weather pattern will prevail through Friday. The trades will become quite breezy now, peaking in strength through Thursday into Friday. The computer models continue to suggest that the trade flow will ease up later Friday or Saturday morning, with southeast winds…and likely more voggy weather slated for the weekend locally. This will be caused by the approach of our next cold front, which will bring showers by later Sunday. As this front gets near, an upper level trough of low pressure is expected to enhance the associated shower activity, so that those showers may be quite generous Sunday into next Monday or Tuesday, mostly along our windward sides. ~~~ I'll be back during the evening hours with more updates on all of the above, I hope you have a great Wednesday wherever you're reading from! Aloha for now…Glenn.
World-wide tropical cyclone activity:
Atlantic Ocean/Caribbean Sea: There are no active tropical cyclones
Gulf of Mexico: There are no active tropical cyclones
Eastern Pacific Ocean: There are no active tropical cyclones
Central Pacific Ocean: There are no active tropical cyclones
Western Pacific Ocean: There are no active tropical cyclones
South Pacific Ocean: There are no active tropical cyclones
North and South Indian Oceans: There are no active tropical cyclones
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