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

85 – 77  Lihue, Kauai
88 – 76  Honolulu, Oahu 
86 – 72  Molokai
90 – 71  Kahului AP, Maui – the record high Tuesday was 93…set back in 1984
89 – 76  Kailua Kona AP
87 – 72  Hilo, Hawaii

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

1.67  Mount Waialeale, Kauai
1.50  Moanalua RG, Oahu
0.24  Molokai
0.01  Lanai
0.00  Kahoolawe
0.24  Kaupo Gap, Maui
0.44  Waiakea Uka, Big Island

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

28  Port Allen, Kauai – NE
33  Kuaokala, Oahu – NE
27  Molokai – NNE
33  Lanai – NE
30  Kahoolawe – E
31  Maalaea Bay, Maui – NNE
36  Pali 2, Big Island – NNE

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

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Major Category 3 Hurricane 19E (Olaf) remains
active to the southeast of Hawaii / 120 mph winds

Here’s a wind profile…of the offshore waters
around the islands – with a closer view


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All of the weather models turn Hurricane Olaf north and then
northeast, offshore to the east of Hawaii…with no current threat –
however we will be having a dangerous high surf event along our
east facing shores of Maui and the Big Island

 

 

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Close up view of Hurricane Olaf

 

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Dynamic Hurricane Olaf…far to the southeast, with
lots of thunderstorms far southwest, along
with a weak cold front to our north

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Clear to partly cloudy…windward showers locally


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Showers falling over the islands locally, with
more showers just east of the Big Island
looping radar image


Small Craft Wind Advisory…windiest coasts and
channels around Maui County and the Big Island

High Surf Warning…east shores of the Big Island –
High Surf Advisory…east shores of Maui


~~~ Hawaii Weather Narrative ~~~



Our trade winds will be light to moderately strong in general, locally a bit more gusty in the near term…continuing through the rest of the week. Here’s the latest weather map, showing the Hawaiian Islands, and the rest of the North Pacific Ocean, along with a wind profiler of the central Pacific. We find high pressure systems to the north and northeast of the state. At the same time, we find a storm low pressure system far north of the Hawaiian Islands. There’s the tail-end of an associated cold front draping south and southwest from its center…located not far north of Kauai. Our winds will come in from the northeast to east-northeast through the next several days. Thereafter, our winds may swing around to the north, as a cold front gets into our area, and the presence of hurricane Olaf to our east, may contribute to these northerly winds as well. Typically, air coming in from the north brings drier and slightly cooler air our way, during this fairly early autumn season.

We’ll find showers falling over the islands, mostly along our windward sides…in an off and on manner into Wednesday. The leeward sides will be nice and sunny to partly cloudy, and warm during the day. The windward sides will find those occasional passing showers, most generously during the night and early morning hours…otherwise quite pleasant too. There’s an area of showery clouds approaching the windward sides of Maui and the Big Island tonight, which will gradually shift westward toward the other islands Wednesday. A weak cold front is approaching the islands…although will stall over the ocean before arriving. Looking further ahead, as we get into later Sunday and the first couple of days of next week, we may see a cold front or two arriving, ushering in cooler northerly breezes in its wake…in addition to some increased showers then too.

Here on Maui…It’s 545am Tuesday morning with partly cloudy skies…with showers falling locally along our windward sides. / Skies later this morning have turned mostly clear with bright sunshine beaming down.

– We’re into the early evening hours now, with clear to partly cloudy skies in general. Today was one of those especially nice autumn days, with an abundance of sunshine…and a scarcity of showers.

I’ll be back with many more updates on all of the above and below, I hope you have a great Tuesday night wherever you’re spending it! Aloha for now…Glenn.


World-wide tropical cyclone activity:

>>> 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

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

>>> Eastern Pacific:

Tropical Storm 20E (Patricia) remains active in the northeast Pacific Ocean, located 320 miles south-southeast of Acapulco, Mexico, with sustained winds of 40 mph. Here’s the NHC graphical track map, along with a satellite image of this system…and what the computer models are showing

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:

Hurricane 19E (Olaf) remains active in the central Pacific Ocean, located 890 miles southeast of Hilo, Hawaii, with sustained winds of 120 mph. Here’s the CPHC graphical track map, along with a satellite image of this system…and what the computer models are showing

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

>>> Northwest Pacific Ocean:


Tropical depression 24W (Koppu) is dissipating north of Luzon Island, Philippines, located 362 NM south of Taipei, Taiwan, with sustained winds of 30 mph. Here’s the JTWC graphical track map, along with a satellite image of this system – Final Warning

Typhoon 25W (Champi) remains active in the northwest Pacific Ocean, located 108 NM south-southwest of Iwo To, Japan, with sustained winds of 86 mph. Here’s the JTWC graphical track map, along with a satellite image of this system…and what the computer models are showing

>>> South Pacific Ocean:


>>> North and South Indian Oceans / Arabian Sea: There are no active tropical cyclones

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


Interesting: Bees don’t like diesels! – Diesel fumes may be reducing the availability of almost half the most common flower odors that bees use to find their food, new research has found.

The new findings suggest that toxic nitrous oxide (NOx) in diesel exhausts could be having an even greater effect on bees’ ability to smell out flowers than was previously thought.

NOx is a poisonous pollutant produced by diesel engines which is harmful to humans, and has also previously been shown to confuse bees’ sense of smell, which they rely on to sniff out their food.

Researchers from the University of Southampton and the University of Reading found that there is now evidence to show that, of the eleven most common single compounds in floral odours, five have can be chemically altered by exposure to NOx gases from exhaust fumes.

Lead author Dr Robbie Girling, from the University of Reading’s Center for Agri-Environmental Research (formerly of University of Southampton), said: “Bees are worth millions to the British economy alone, but we know they have been in decline worldwide.

“We don’t think that air pollution from diesel vehicles is the main reason for this decline, but our latest work suggests that it may have a worse effect on the flower odors needed by bees than we initially thought.

“People rely on bees and pollinating insects for a large proportion of our food, yet humans have paid the bees back with habitat destruction, insecticides, climate change and air pollution.

“This work highlights that pollution from dirty vehicles is not only dangerous to people’s health, but could also have an impact on our natural environment and the economy.”

Co-author Professor Guy Poppy, from the Institute of Life Sciences at the University of Southampton, said: “It is becoming clear that bees are at risk from a range of stresses from neonicitinoid insecticides through to varroa mites. Our research highlights that a further stress could be the increasing amounts of vehicle emissions affecting air quality. Whilst it is unlikely that these emissions by themselves could be affecting bee populations, combined with the other stresses, it could be the tipping point.”

This latest research is part of continuing studies into the effects of air pollution on bees. Previous work in 2013 found that bees in the lab could be confused by the effects of diesel pollution. Dr Girling and Dr Tracey Newman from the University of Southampton are currently studying how diesel fumes may have direct effects on the bees themselves.