The latest update to this website was at 1020am Friday (HST)

 

Here are the latest 24-hour precipitation totals (inches) for each of the islands as of Friday morning:

0.07  Mount Waialeale, Kauai
0.02  Lyon, Oahu
0.00  Molokai
0.00  Lanai City, Lanai
0.16  West Wailuaiki, Maui
0.06  Nahuku, Big Island

The following numbers represent the strongest wind gusts (mph) as of Friday morning:

12  Puu Lua, Kauai – NE
24  Oahu Forest NWR, Oahu – SE
09  Makaena, Molokai – NNE
13  Lanai 1,  Lanai – NE
16  Na Kula, Maui – N
18  South Point, Big Island – NE

Hawaii’s Mountains – Here’s a link to the live webcams on the summit of our tallest mountain Mauna Kea (~13,800 feet high) on the Big Island of Hawaii, and atop the Haleakala Crater (~10,023 feet) on Maui. These webcams are available during the daylight hours here in the islands, and at night whenever there’s a big moon shining down. Also, at night you will be able to see the stars, and the sunrise and sunset too…depending upon weather conditions.

 

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Big Blue…click twice for largest version

 

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A cold front west

 

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Very few low clouds…high clouds overhead locally

 

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  Showers locally…very few 

 

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Please open this link to see details on the current Watches, Warnings and Advisories noted above

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Glenn’s Aloha Friday comments:  I’m here at home in upper Kula, Maui

It’s mostly clear early this morning here at my location, with a chilly low temperature of 47 degrees, and the relative humidity is 68%.

1018am, considerable high cirrus cloudiness is stretching over Maui County this morning.

 

Weather Wit of the day:  Highway Sanding Crew – The just ice department

 

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Hawaii’s Broad Brush Weather Overview…as of 925am Friday:  The trades will ease and shift east-southeasterly today and Saturday, as a cold front approaches from the west. Fairly dry conditions will persist during this time, with light showers limited primarily to windward and mountain areas. A weakening cold front may bring an increase in rain chances Sunday and Monday, as it moves into the western islands. A breezy trade wind pattern is then expected to return Tuesday through late next week.

Hawaii’s Weather Details…as of 332am Friday:  Currently at the surface, a cold front is located a few hundred miles west of state, while a weakening ridge of high pressure is positioned just to the north of the islands. The gradient has responded, with the trade winds decreasing into the light to moderate range across the state. Infrared satellite imagery shows clear to partly cloudy conditions in most areas, with a bit more cloud cover in some windward locales. Meanwhile, radar imagery shows very little if any shower activity across the state.

A weakening cold front will gradually approach the islands from the west today and Saturday, easing the trades and shifting them around to an east-southeast direction. Rather dry weather is expected to persist through Saturday, as the deeper moisture associated with the front remains to the west and northwest of the state.

The model solutions appear to be coming into better agreement Sunday and Monday, showing a slight increase in deep moisture, and an increase in rain chances across the western islands. A transition back to a breezy trade wind pattern is then expected Tuesday through late next week.

 

Here’s a near real-time Wind Profile of the Pacific Ocean – Zoom Earth – along with a Closer View of the islands / Vog map animation / 8-Day Precipitation model

 

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Hawaii’s Marine Environment…as of 332am Friday: Moderate to locally fresh east to southeast winds will continue through the weekend, as a cold front approaches and moves into the area. This will allow localized land and sea breeze conditions to develop near sheltered coasts over the weekend. Fresh to strong easterly trades will return early next week, as the surface ridge strengthens to the north and stalled frontal boundary diminishes in the area.

Surf along exposed east-facing shores will trend down as a north-northeast swell eases. A fresh, short- to medium-period north-northeast swell from a gale centered around 1200 nautical miles northeast of the state, is forecast to arrive over the weekend. This new swell will support surf holding through the weekend. Short-period and choppy conditions are expected to return by mid-week, as fresh trade winds redevelop and expand upstream of the state.

Surf along north- and west-facing shores will trend up beginning Saturday, as a fresh west-northwest swell arrives from a broad gale that was located around 1500 nautical miles northwest of the state, south of the Aleutian Islands near the Date Line. This swell will peak early next week before gradually lowering into mid-week.

Surf along south-facing shores will remain near the seasonal average into March.

 

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World-wide Tropical Cyclone Activity

 

Atlantic Ocean:  There are no active tropical cyclones

Caribbean Sea:  There are no active tropical cyclones

Gulf of America:  There are no active tropical cyclones

 

Northeastern Pacific:  There are no active tropical cyclones

North Central Pacific: There are no active tropical cyclones

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

 

Northwest Pacific Ocean:  There are no active tropical cyclones

Southwest Pacific Ocean:  

Tropical Cyclone 23P (Urmil) is located approximately 154 NM southeast of Port Vila, Vanuatu

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North Indian Ocean:  There are no active tropical cyclones

South Indian Ocean:  There are no active tropical cyclones

Arabian Sea:  There are no active tropical cyclones

 

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

 

>>> Here’s a link to the Pacific Disaster Center’s (PDC Global) Weather Wall website

 

Interesting:  UH Scientists Discover 10 New Species of Hawaiian Moths

University of Hawaii at M?noa researchers identified 10 new species and seven new groups (genera) of Hawaiian leaf-roller moths. While new species are frequently discovered, the description of a new genus of insects is a much rarer event; seven groups at once is almost unheard of. Discovered by College of Tropical Agriculture and Human Resilience (CTAHR) graduate student Kyhl Austin and Professor Daniel Rubinoff, this research highlights how much Native Hawaiian biodiversity remains a mystery.

Some species are brilliantly colored—almost iridescent—while another species from Hawaii Island is potentially the largest member of its family in the world.

“Hawaii is a world-renowned laboratory for evolution, but these moths have been hiding their true history in plain sight,” said lead author Austin. “By identifying these seven new genera, we are showing that these insects crossed thousands of miles of open ocean to reach Hawaii far more frequently than we ever imagined.”

Read More: University of Hawaii

This group of Hawaiian moths is named for its host plant, the endangered ?iliahi