Glenn will be on the mainland from January 11th to the 21st. He will begin updating this page upon his return. Please scroll down this page for notes that he will leave here while away.


Air Temperatures – 

Air Temperatures ranged between these warmest and coolest spots near sea level, and on the highest mountains

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Haleakala Crater      (near 10,000 feet on Maui)
Mauna Kea summit   (near 14,000 feet on the Big Island)

Precipitation Totals – The following numbers represent the largest precipitation totals (inches) during the last 24 hours on each of the major islands, as of 

Kauai
Oahu
Molokai
Lanai
Kahoolawe
Maui
Big Island

Weather Chart – Here’s the latest (automatically updated) weather 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. 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 weather conditions.

Aloha Paragraphs
      

 

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A beautifully empty beach on Kauai
 Photo Credit: flickr.com

 


While I’m gone, you can find the latest forecasts using links on the left hand margin of this, and all the pages on this website. I have a laptop computer with me, so I’ll be able to come back online daily, while I’m away…and let you know what’s going on in Phoenix, and other things that are going on along the way. Usually in the morning, and then again most evenings, I will add those comments here, along with new pictures too.

I look forward to rejoining you back here in the islands in about a week and a half, at which point I’ll get back to business on this website, and also return to work at the Pacific Disaster Center in Kihei. I wish you well in my absence, and trust that the weather will be fine, at least for the most part. The links up this page, above the picture, will all be working, so you can check things out using them. I’ll be checking my email when I can. 

January 11: Hi everyone, I made it to Phoenix, and am in my hotel…all comfortable. It was in the middle 40F’s when I flew in, and so it felt good to have a nice toasty room to settle into. I flew on the overnight red eye from Kahului, which I must remember not to do again…if possible! Oh well, it just turned out that that was the way I had to schedule it traveling east. I’m going to rest for a while, and then have breakfast, before heading down to the conference a little later in the day. ~~~ I took the bus to the conference, which is downtown. I attended a nice presentation, put on by many of the weather vendors attending the conference. When I left that function, on the way back to the hotel, I met some nice folks from Puerto Rico, and then a chatty young lady working on her Phd in radar…who lives in Germany. This was her first time out of Germany to the U.S., so it was interesting to share a little time with her waiting for our transportation to arrive. I’m about ready to head down to the happy hour, at the restaurant here at the hotel, which is two hours long, rather than just one! I’ll come back online when I get back, and let you know how the evening turned out after a glass of wine or two, which there’s no charge for…and dinner. ~~~ I’m back from having those two drinks, and dinner. I wore my name tab from the conference, hoping it would help to spark some communication with other weather geeks, but alas, no luck. I’m often not that forward a person, so I just drank those two drinks, had a bite to eat, bought some water…and am back in my room, at 720pm. I’m sure I’ll sleep well this evening, after sitting up awake much of last night on the plane…I’ll hit the bed, and then launch off into a full day of weather talks Monday. I’ll catch up with you again then. Aloha, Glenn.

Here’s a link to the AMS Annual Meeting I’m attending

January 12: Good morning, it’s another perfectly clear day here in the southwest desert…in Phoenix. At home, I sleep with all the windows open, and have no blinds. Here at this hotel though, I couldn’t tell what time it was, and slept late. Rushing out to have breakfast, coffee, and take the bus to the conference. So, here’s wishing you well on Monday, and to let you know that I’ll catch up with you later today, when I get back, to give you my impressions of the day. ~~~ Hi, I’m back from the conference, after a full day of hearing experts in the field of meteorology, lecturing on the latest information about weather and climate related subjects. There are so many people at this conference, it’s really amazing how many people there are attending! It’s like walking through a sea, or more like a river I suppose, of people from all around the world who are attending. It’s so interesting not be known, after leaving the islands. It was sunny and cool when I went into the conference center in the morning. When I took my lunch, and carried it outside around noon, the sun was warm, and I had to take off my sport coat, as it was so warm in the direct sunlight. It’s odd to see so many men with jackets and ties on, and many of the women, if they aren’t meteorology students, dressed up quite nicely too. I’m getting tired, so I’d better retire to my hotel bed, but not before wishing you all well, and to let you know I’ll catch up with you on Tuesday, be well until then! Aloha for now…Glenn.

January 13: Good morning, the skies of Phoenix dawned totally clear again on Tuesday morning…what else is new!? I forgot to mention yesterday, that I finally met someone from Hawaii. This persons name was Grant Cooper, who is the commanding officer of the Navy’s Joint Typhoon Warning Center…in Honolulu. We had a nice chat, and I was able to tell him about the missing Navy satellite imagery on their website, and he told me they were gone for good. This was not good news, as they were the best close-in satellite images for the Hawaiian Islands…and the ones I used for this website. I just had breakfast, which included a nice egg dish, with bacon, toast, orange juice and coffee. At any rate, I’m about ready to catch a bus to the weather conference, and will catch up with you again this evening when I get back to this hotel room. I hope you have a great Tuesday wherever you happen to be reading from! Aloha, Glenn. ~~~ Hi, I’m back at my hotel, at the end of the conference day. I attended many good talks, this afternoon was filled with tropical cyclone discussions. There were several of the most influential people in the world, at least in the area of hurricanes, that made presentations. I just rode back to the hotel on the bus, with a female physicist, in the area of oceanography, who lives in Maryland. It was fun meeting a new person, and I’m proud of myself for being friendly enough to introduce myself…which is my new mantra for the 2009 – smile. Earlier in the day, I met another Phd who works at Goddard Space Flight Agency, who also works back east…we had a good conversation over coffee. I’m going now to take advantage of a free glass of wine at the hotel restaurant, continuing on my being more friendly tack. I’ll either be back in a little while, after dinner, or early Wednesday morning. Be well, and Aloha for now…Glenn.

January 14: I awoke to another perfectly clear day here in the desert! It seems as if this cloud free weather will never end, and alas, it may never during my one more day here in Phoenix. I don’t mind, as I’m indoors almost all of the time, either at the conference all day, or in my hotel room. I do get outside briefly on the ride to the conference center, on the bus, and then too for my short walks to the restuarant from my room. I feel disconnected from nature, but somehow that’s all right for these short number of days in Arizona. I just had a nice breakfast, with coffee of course, and will go out to lobby soon, to catch the big bus, filled with all of us professional meteorologists…for the drive to the convention center. At the end of the day there will be a banquet, with dinner and some sort of awards ceremony. Not sure when I’ll get back to my room, but likely I’ll come back online this evening, for a short wrap-up of the day. I trust you will have a great Wednesday wherever you happen to be spending it. I understand back in the Hawaiian Islands, there are exceptionally large waves breaking along our north and west facing beaches…be careful! Aloha for now…Glenn. ~~~ Hi again, oh boy I’m tired tonight, after a really long day of listening to all those weather discussions, and then a long banquet tonight. I met a lot of really nice folks today, one of which some of you may have heard of, Pete Giddings, the long time (29 years) TV weatherman in the San Francisco Bay area. We sat together this afternoon and discussed both of our unique weather broadcasting careers…we’re both retired from that now. At the banquet, I sat around a table with nine really nice people, in a large room holding 1700 people! My table was full of long time, and very successful meteorologist types, and four Phd students, who turned out to be among the top 10 or 20 most beautiful young ladies in the crowd…at least it seemed as though to me! I’m back in my room now, ready to make a couple of telephone calls to the islands, then to bed. I fly to Long Beach Thursday, to spend five days with my family, and then its back to Maui. I’ll catch up you Thursday morning, after I have breakfast and coffee. I hope you have a great Wednesday night wherever you happen to be reading from! Aloha for now…Glenn.

January 15: I find yet another totally clear and windless day here in Phoenix…just incredibly nice. I could have slept a bit more soundly last night, but I think it was just the extensive level of engagement that I have experienced the last four days. At any rate, had my last big breakfast here at the hotel, and had the front desk print out my boarding pass, which has me ready to take the shuttle to the airport. I fly today to Long Beach, where my parents will pick me up late in the morning. Going west, I leave Phoenix at 1125am, and arrive in southern California at 1157am…saving an hour of my day. I’ll have less to write about through the rest of my trip, at least compared to all the activity I’ve had at the weather conference. I’ll come back online from Long Beach, and check back in, letting you know if I’ve had any interesting situations between now and then. I hope you have a great Thursday! I understand from receiving a couple of emails, that it has been windy in Hawaii…hang on tight! Aloha for now…Glenn. ~~~ Hi again, I made it to Long Beach just fine, my parents picked me up, and we sat around talking for the most part through the afternoon. I joined my Dad for a good walk, looping around a couple of long blocks in the neighborhood…while we had good talks. The three of us went to the airport and picked up my brother Steve, who I haven’t seen in many years. It was great to hook up, sit around with my brother and parents, eating a good home cooked meal my Mom made…and then enjoyed each others company, as we tuned into the US Airways crash into the Hudson River in NY. Interestingly enough, my brother and I both flew on this airline during the day. I gave my brother the one available bedroom, and set up a sleeping place in the outside patio. I’m used to sleeping closely with nature, I just hope the thin mattress is thick enough! I’m so sleepy though, I think I’ll do ok, and will let you know on Friday how it was. I know how windy it is in Hawaii now, so batten down the hatches folks, as the strong and gusty Kona winds ahead of cold front make for very blustery conditions! Talk to you again soon, Aloha for now…Glenn.

January 16: Wow, what a full day, being with my family here in Long Beach. The weather once again, as it has been since I left Maui…remains perfect. I must admit that I had looked forward to some wind, or clouds and rain, but alas, that seems to be all happening in Hawaii! Oh well, I suppose I should be happy to have it be so pleasant here. My brother is here, while one of my sisters came by too, which gave our family a chance to be together for the first time in a long time. There was one missing sister, who lives in the area, but was out of touch, unfortunately. My brother and I have a list of things that we are, and will be trying to fix here, which seems to be going well. My sister, who is a couple of years younger than I am, will be joining us again in the morning. We have another full day to look forward to. Today we sat around and talked about all sorts of things, lots of stuff from the past, present, grading into the future. We washed cars, tested fluids for the cars, fixed doors, and lamps, and still have several items on our to do list. We’re having a nice Mahi Mahi dinner this evening, along with red potatoes and salad. We all sat outside in the patio this evening, had a drink, and took some pictures. I assume, if tomorrow is anything like today, I won’t have much time to get online and write, but will try and find a few minutes along the way. I slept outside last night, and it went fine, with the low temperature of 38F degrees when I peeled myself out from under the blankets! I think I’ll sleep even better tonight, as I continue to get progressively more and more worn out, or at times it feels that way. I know it has been locally windy in Hawaii, I hope that everyone got through this wind storm with little or no damage! I hope you have a great Friday night. Aloha for now…Glenn.

January 17: Ok, here we go, yet another day without a cloud to be seen in any direction…here in southern California! I forgot to mention yesterday, that my Dad, brother and I went went to the golf course, with my Dad’s clubs…and shot a big bucket of balls down the driving range. Then we walked over to the putting green, where I did better. We had fun together, before we went home and rejoined my sister and Mom. Now, back to Saturday morning, my brother and I hopped in my Dad’s car early, to go out and get pastries. Steve stopped off and got a cup of coffee to go, and we took the long way to go, just to sort of bring back memories from our past. We came home, where my Mom had cooked up breakfast, as we wait for my sister (Judy) to come back over from where she lives with her husband…in Anaheim Hills. My brother and I have a long list of things to fix today, so it will be a fun day of getting several things back in order. I’ll probably be coming back online at some point later, to say hi, and to give a progress report on our work schedule. I hope you have a great Saturday until then! Aloha, Glenn. ~~~ What a great day! My brother and I, along with one of my two sisters, got so many things back into good working order. My sisters husband came over, after playing golf, and we completed several of those projects together. Steve and my Dad went to buy lunch for all of us, at a place called In – N – Out Burgers. My brother and I had double double hamburgers! The truth is that I haven’t had a hamburger in probably 15 years…there’s been a lot of things that I haven’t had, that I’m submitting to here, for lots of years! It’s great to hang out with my family, I’m really enjoying it so much. We’re about ready to sit down to a big dinner, a ham dinner, which I haven’t eaten forever, but oh well, I don’t want to make it a big deal. I’ll be sleeping outside again tonight, and then tomorrow, well, I don’t know what all will take place, but it will be filled with the James family. I hope you have a great Saturday night! Aloha for now…Glenn.

January 18th: It’s almost dark outside here in Long Beach, after…can you believe this, a wonderful colorful sunset! After not seeing one cloud, I mean not ONE cloud for over a week, these high cirrus clouds lit up a wonderfully pink color a few minutes ago, as the sun set into the Pacific. Wow, what a day I’ve just had, working with my family in so many ways. We fixed several things that weren’t working quite right, which I’m sure made us all feel really good. My sister’s husband Chris, is a very handy person, and who also has all the tools to make everything happen. It was a long work day, and so my body is really feeling like its being a handyman, rather than a sit down weather guy from Maui. My brother and I started off the day quite early, at which point I took a long walk, and he went out for a cup of coffee to go. We have my sisters daughter and her boyfriend over tonight, with a big family dinner happening soon. I wanted to jump on the computer and say hi before I got so tired though, that I had to skip a day. I’m behind in answering emails, and answering cell phone calls from Hawaii, but I’m overwhelmed in a good way, with hanging out with the James family. I’ll probably be able to come back tomorrow, on Monday, to say hi, I hope you have a great Sunday night and Monday until then! Aloha for now…Glenn.

January 19: What a great morning, starting off with the most amazing bright red sunrise! My brother and I left my parents house early, took off in my Dad’s car, and went straight down to the beach…Seal Beach. This area is my old stomping ground, where I used to surf all the time when I was a kid living at home. We then drove down to Surfside Colony, Sunset Beach, and on down through Bolsca Chica (which used to be called tin can beach in the old days), then finally down to Huntington cliffs and Huntington Beach. We turned around there and came back to Long Beach, where my Mom had a nice breakfast waiting for us. I’m sipping on some coffee now, as I type out this first reflection of the day. My Mom and Dad, and my brother will work around here today, as we have several things on our list to complete. My brother flies back to Texas tomorrow morning, and then the next day, I fly back to Maui. Here’s a salute to Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr…his day in the mostly great history of our United States of America! I’ll try and get back online later today, and check in then. I hope you have a great Monday until then! Aloha, Glenn. ~~~ Today was another great day of being with my family. We all worked together, doing different aspects of the things that needed doing. My brother and I went, on one of our many trips to the hardware store, to pick up wild Salmon, red potatoes, and organic salad for dinner…in which we cooked for them. The dinner turned out wonderfully, and was a special treat to have before my brother leaves early Tuesday morning. I’m sure that my Mom and Dad, and I, will be experiencing some sad emotions having him flying out to Texas! I’ll catch up with you at some point Tuesday, I hope you have a great Monday night until then! Aloha for now…Glenn.

January 20: This is the last day that I’ll be on the mainland, and it’s Tuesday evening by the time I’m getting around to writing. My brother left this morning, so the pace of the work has calmed down quite a bit. It was tough saying goodbye to Steve, especially for my Mom…who of course was wearing her emotions on her sleeve. I personally could hardly talk, trying to keep my tears from spouting out too! We came home and gradually took the day to get the few loose ends gathered up. Steve called from Texas this evening, just to say that he had arrived home, and that his flights went smoothly. On another note, it rained and was windy after I left Maui, and since then I haven’t seen a drop of rain anywhere. As it turns out, a new storm begins showing itself tomorrow, with rain expected in southern California on Thursday. I haven’t had a chance to see what I’ll find in Hawaii, but it won’t take me long to get back up to speed when I get back to Hawaii Wednesday afternoon. I will check back with you again Wednesday evening, when I get back to Kula, and back online. I hope you have a great Tuesday night and Wednesday until then! Aloha for now…Glenn.

January 21: After a day that started at 430am, taking a shuttle from Long Beach to the Los Angeles airport, I flew to Phoenix…and then took a long flight from there to the Kahului airport here on Maui. It was a day spent out in the public, one which was easy, but made for a long day. My neighbor kindly picked me up, and drove me up the Haleakala Highway, back upcountry. I can’t say that I’m all that tired, but it is good being back in my own house, and having unpacked. I just got back from a walk, and am starting to think about dinner at a bit before 6pm…since my internal clock is telling me that its going on 8pm where I’ve been living the last week. I sat outside on my weather deck and watched the sunset, I sort of forgot how cool it is up here on the western slope of Crater! I must say that I’m looking forward to sleeping in my own bed, and getting back to work Thursday morning. ~~~ I’ve received many emails letting me know that you’ve enjoyed hearing about my travels, so thanks everyone for the positive feedback. I do miss my Mom and Dad, and sisters and brothers too, but alas, life goes on, and I need to get back to work. Speaking of work, I’ll be up very early Thursday morning, to begin doing our local Hawaiian weather again, so look for a new narrative, and a return of the interesting news stories on Thursday as well. Aloha for now…Glenn.