Hawaiian Islands Weather details & Aloha Paragraphs / June 1-2, 2015

Air Temperatures – The following maximum temperatures (F) were recorded across the state of Hawaii Monday…along with the minimums Monday:

83 – 75  Lihue, Kauai
87 – 72  Honolulu, Oahu
83 – 67  Molokai AP
83 – 69  Kahului, Maui
86 – 77  Kailua Kona
82 – 70  Hilo, Hawaii

Here are the latest 24-hour precipitation totals (inches) for each of the islands, as Monday evening:

1.64  Mount Waialeale, Kauai
2.47  Oahu Forest NWR, Oahu
0.80  Puu Alii, Molokai
0.00  Lanai
0.00  Kahoolawe
0.63  Kaupo Gap, Maui
3.52  Piihonua, Big Island

The following numbers represent the strongest wind gusts (mph)…as of Monday evening:

17  Poipu, Kauai – NE
23  Kahuku Trng, Oahu – SE
25  Molokai – ENE
29  Lanai – NE
31  Kahoolawe – ENE
28  Maalaea Bay, Maui – N
23  Kealakomo, Big Island – NE

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.

Aloha Paragraphs

Low pressure moving by to our northwest…while the eastern
Pacific has category 1 Hurricane 01E (Andres) spinning, and
Tropical Storm 02E (Blanca) churning the waters closer to
Mexico…there is no threat to the Hawaiian Islands from either –
more information below

Clear to mostly cloudy statewide, the clouds over the eastern
islands are the remnants of a late season cold front, the clouds
to the northwest a low pressure system moving by to our north…
and a finger of high cirrus clouds moving west to east –
looping version of this image

Showers are falling over the nearby ocean…spreading
over many parts of the islands – locally quite generous

Here’s the looping radar image for the Hawaiian Islands

High Surf Advisory…south shores of all the islands –
through Tuesday evening

Small Craft Advisory…for winds and seas across the
windiest coasts and channels around Maui County
and the Big Island – starting Tuesday morning

Full Moon Tonight!

~~~ Hawaii Weather Narrative ~~~

The trade winds will remain active in varying strengths…through this week. Here’s the latest weather map, showing the Hawaiian Islands, and the rest of the North Pacific Ocean, along with a real-time wind profiler of the central Pacific. We find a large high pressure system well to the northeast of the state. At the same time, there’s low pressure troughs to the northwest and northeast. As a result of these weather features, we’ll find generally light to locally moderate northeast breezes over the islands, with localized daytime sea breezes. 

We’ll have localized showers over the mountains…and passing windward showers too. The windward sides will receive most of the showers that get carried our way, and there should be more than the normal amount…at times over the next several days. These windward showers will be enhanced to some degree…by overlying and surrounding areas of low pressure. I’ll be back with more updates on all of the above, I hope you have a great Monday night wherever you’re spending it! Aloha for now…Glenn.

Here on Maui...early Monday morning near sunrise, skies are cloudy across the island, with areas of steady rainfall. The air temperature here in Kula at 545am was 60.8 degrees, 72 down at the Kahului AP and the Hana AP, 61 at Kaupo Gap, and a cooler 45 degrees atop the Haleakala Crater.

– We’ve just pushed into the early afternoon, and I can’t see out across the rest of the island, as it’s very cloudy and somewhat foggy at the moment here in Kula. It has been lightly showering for the last hour or so, although seems to be backing off currently. Friends have let me know that its been raining over in Spreckelsville (by the Kahului AP)…and even down in Kihei. / at mid-afternoon, it’s cloudy here at my weather tower, with light mist falling. The air temperature at my place is 72.9F degrees, while it was 82 down in Kahului, 77 at both Hana and Kapalua at near the same time.

– Now we’re into the early evening hours, with partly cloudy skies in general. As we get into the night, and through the next couple of days, our trade winds should increase a notch. This trade flow will carry windward biased showers our way at times. Speaking of which, Wednesday and Thursday will be off and on showery over Maui County and the Big Island…less so elsewhere. BTW, I see some haze filtering into the central valley from somewhere…and a nice orange sunset too!

>>> Atlantic Ocean: There are no active tropical cyclones

Here’s a satellite image of the Atlantic Ocean

>>> Caribbean Sea: There are no active tropical cyclones

>>> Gulf of Mexico: There are no active tropical cyclones

Here’s a satellite image of the Caribbean Sea…and the Gulf of Mexico.

>>> Eastern Pacific: Hurricane 01E (Andres)

1.) The National Hurricane Center continues issuing advisories on 
Hurricane 01E (Andres), located about 910 miles west-southwest of
of the southern tip of Baja California. Here's the NHC graphical track map.

Maximum sustained winds are near 90 mph with higher gusts...with a

gradual weakening going forward
 

Here's a looping satellite image of this system - and what the

hurricane models are showing for Hurricane Andres

2.) The National Hurricane Center continues issuing advisories on 
Tropical Storm 02E (Blanca), located about 375 miles south-southwest of
of Zihuatanejo, Mexico. Here's the NHC graphical track map.

Maximum sustained winds are near 70 mph with higher gusts...with a

gradual strengthening into a hurricane later today

Here's a looping satellite image of this system - and what the

hurricane models are showing for Tropical Storm Blanca

Here’s a wide satellite image that covers the entire area between Mexico, out through the central Pacific…to the International Dateline.

Here’s the link to the National Hurricane Center (NHC)

>>> Central Pacific: The central north Pacific hurricane season has officially ended. Routine issuance of the tropical weather outlook will resume on June 1, 2015. During the off-season, special tropical weather outlooks will be issued as conditions warrant.

Here’s a link to the Central Pacific Hurricane Center (CPHC)

>>> Northwest 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

Here’s a link to the Joint Typhoon Warning Center (JTWC)

Interesting: EPA Approves New Clean Water Protections – Drinking unclean water seems like a problem you’d hear about it in the developing world, not the United States. Believe it or not, though, one-third of Americans receive water that is unregulated by the Clean Water Act. That’s a lot of people who are potentially drinking tainted water.

Fortunately, all that is about to change with the EPA’s new Waters of the United States rule, which was announced on Wednesday. Altogether, the EPA now has the authority to safeguard 20 million acres of wetlands and two million miles of streams (that accounts for 60 percent of America’s streams) that were previously discounted by the Clean Water Act.

Until now, one of the biggest problems has been that while the main sources of drinking water are protected, their tributaries were not included in these protections. In other words, water flowing into the rivers and lakes was not held to the safety standards.

“[For] drinking water to be clean, the streams and wetlands that feed them need to be clean, too,” said EPA official Gina McCarthy. Although that’s a rather obvious sentiment, that’s precisely why finally taking this step is so important.

The change in policy will not only expand how much water is covered, it will also more specifically define which waterways are protected under the rules. By more clearly spelling out the terms, the EPA should be able to cut down on costly and lengthy lawsuits that were frequently popping up due to previous ambiguities.

The EPA’s decision is not without its critics, mainly from industries that frequently are found responsible for polluting – intentionally or otherwise – bodies of water. By implementing these new protections, farmers, land developers and the oil and natural gas industries will have to be that much more responsible for ensuring their businesses don’t leak hazardous materials into water.

Friends of these industries, namely Republican congressmen, have also criticized the EPA’s move. Per usual, these federal legislators are unhappy with federal regulation. “The administration’s decree to unilaterally expand federal authority is a raw and tyrannical power grab,” said Speaker of the House John Boehner. As everyone knows, providing clean, safe water equals tyranny.