Air Temperatures – The following maximum temperatures were recorded across the state of Hawaii Sunday:
78 Lihue, Kauai
82 Honolulu, Oahu
80 Molokai
86 Kahului, Maui
85 Kona, Hawaii
82 Hilo, Hawaii
Air Temperatures ranged between these warmest and coolest spots near sea level – and on the highest mountain tops around the state… as of 830pm Sunday evening:
Kailua Kona – 78
Lihue, Kauai- 68
Haleakala Summit – 37 (near 10,000 feet on Maui)
Mauna Kea Summit – 28 (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.
Aloha Paragraphs
High Surf Advisory…south shores – be careful!
Wind Advisory…Big Island summits
Flood Advisory…parts of the Big Island
Variable winds, showers active at times locally,
some will be quite heavy
The following numbers represent the most recent top wind gusts (mph), along with directions as of Sunday evening:
32 Mana, Kauai – NNW
27 Makua Range, Oahu – NE
17 Molokai – NW
17 Kahoolawe – E
18 Kapalua, Maui – NNE
27 Kaupulehu, Big Island – WSW
Here are the latest 24-hour precipitation totals (inches) for each of the islands as of Sunday evening:
2.12 Kokee, Kauai
1.17 Maunawili, Oahu
0.15 Molokai
0.00 Kahoolawe
1.89 Kaupo Gap, Maui
1.07 Kohala Ranch, 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 ~~~
Our local winds will be generally rather light and variable…although stronger near Kauai and Oahu. Here’s a weather chart showing a high pressure center far to the northeast. At the same time, we find a low pressure system just to the north, with a cold front draped south and southwest over Kauai…moving slowly southeast into the chain. Finally, there’s a trough of low pressure over Maui County and the Big Island. The winds will be quite light and variable…although locally stronger in the wake of the weakening cold front. It will take until later in the new week ahead, before the trade winds return, and a more normal late spring weather pattern settles in over us again, perhaps as long as later Thursday or Friday.
Satellite imagery shows low clouds around the islands, with some thunderstorms over the ocean to the northeast of the state…and with a weak cold front over Kauai moving towards Oahu. Here’s the looping radar image, showing numerous showers over the ocean…and over the islands too. As mentioned in the paragraph above, there’s a trough of low pressure over the islands, keeping unstable conditions over us, prompting showers at times. The presence of this trough will enhance any showers that fall, wherever that happens to be…especially this afternoon to the early evening hours. Here’s a looping satellite image – showing clouds over and around the islands. Yellow and red are colder clouds, and where the heaviest showers can be located, while whiter and greener clouds are lower and warmer, typically providing less rainfall in most cases. It appears that this off and on cloudy/showery weather pattern will last into the middle of the new work week ahead.
We’ve got all kinds of things happening, with a very late season cold front over the western islands, and a trough of low pressure over the eastern side of the state. The cold front has moved over Kauai…and is on its way to Oahu, with a chance it will make it down as far as Molokai by Monday morning…before stalling. This weather feature is bringing showers with it, although nothing too heavy is expected from this rather shallow frontal boundary. The cold front will become not much of a player by later Monday, while the trough’s presence over the state will prevail over the state through mid-week. This will keep most of the state in a generally light wind convective pattern, with clear to partly cloudy mornings, and partly to mostly cloudy afternoons…with upcountry showers. I’m running out of ways to describe all of this as unusual, although am hesitant to call it rare…although it certainly grades in that direction! I’m mean…a cold front brings showers into the state during the last half of May, crazy! It may be on the nutty side, but all this action is dropping much needed rainfall, and will help soften the blow of the ongoing serious drought, that prevails on parts of the Big Island and Maui. I’ll be back with your next new weather narrative early Monday morning, I hope you have a great Sunday night wherever you’re spending it. Aloha for now…Glenn.
Friday evening film: I went to see the film The Great Gatsby, starring Leonardo DiCaprio, Carey Mulligan, Joel Edgerton, Tobey Maguire, Isla Fisher, and Elizabeth Debicki…among others of course. The synopsis: “The Great Gatsby” follows Fitzgerald-like, would-be writer Nick Carraway (Tobey Maguire) as he leaves the Midwest and comes to New York City in the spring of 1922, an era of loosening morals, glittering jazz, bootleg kings, and sky-rocketing stocks. Chasing his own American Dream, Nick lands next door to a mysterious, party-giving millionaire, Jay Gatsby (Leonardo DiCaprio), and across the bay from his cousin, Daisy (Carey Mulligan), and her philandering, blue-blooded husband, Tom Buchanan (Joel Edgerton). It is thus that Nick is drawn into the captivating world of the super rich, their illusions, loves and deceits. As Nick bears witness, within and without of the world he inhabits, he pens a tale of impossible love, incorruptible dreams and high-octane tragedy, and holds a mirror to our own modern times and struggles. ~~~ This film was full of fine detail, and yet with an overarching bigness to it as well. A couple of times I asked myself if I was enjoying it, and the answer was always yes, although at the same time…I felt a non-engagement at times too. I was glad I saw it, and as for a grade, I feel comfortable throwing out a soft B+. I didn’t read the novel, so I have no idea about where this film would be going, or if it stuck close enough to the original story line. It certainly portrayed the glitz and dazzle of the party times that were famous way back then. I saw the 2D version, as I’m almost always disappointed with the 3D films I see. Here’s the trailer, take a look if you’re inclined.
World-wide tropical cyclone activity:
Atlantic Ocean/Caribbean Sea: There are no active tropical cyclones / Here’s a link to the National Hurricane Center in Miami…which covers tropical cyclone activity in the Atlantic, Caribbean Sea…and the Gulf of Mexico. The hurricane season in the Atlantic, Caribbean, and the Gulf of Mexico all begin as of June 1.
Gulf of Mexico: There are no active tropical cyclones
Eastern Pacific Ocean: There are no active tropical cyclones
Here’s a wide satellite image that covers the entire area between Mexico, out through the central Pacific…to the International Dateline.
Central Pacific Ocean: There are no active tropical cyclones / Here’s a link to the Central Pacific Hurricane Center (CPHC)…covering our central Pacific. The hurricane season in this part of the Pacific begins as of June 1st.
Western Pacific Ocean: There are no active tropical cyclones / Here’s a link to the Joint Typhoon Warning Center (JTWC), which covers tropical cyclone activity in the western Pacific, and the North and South Indian Ocean…and adjacent Seas.
South Pacific Ocean: There are no active tropical cyclones
North and South Indian Oceans: There are no active tropical cyclones
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