Air Temperatures – The following high temperatures (F) were recorded across the state of Hawaii Thursday…along with the low temperatures Thursday:

75 – 68  Lihue, Kauai
83 – 73  Honolulu, Oahu
77 – 69  Molokai
79 – 68  Kahului AP, Maui
83 – 69  Kailua Kona
78 – 66  Hilo AP, Hawaii

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

1.06  Mount Waialeale, Kauai
0.21  Hakipuu Mauka, Oahu
 1.70  Molokai
0.07  Lanai
 0.05  Kahoolawe
5.06  Puu Kukui, Maui
4.12  Kawainui Stream, Big Island

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

32  Port Allen, Kauai
38  Kuaokala, Oahu
32  Molokai
36  Lanai
33  Kahoolawe
31  Kapalua, Maui
42  Kohala Ranch, Big Island

Hawaii’s Mountains – Here’s a link to the live webcam on the summit of our tallest mountain Mauna Kea (nearly 13,800 feet high) on the Big Island of Hawaii. This webcam is 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.


Aloha Paragraphs

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High pressure north-northwest…low pressure far northeast

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Low clouds north…higher clouds south

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Clear to partly cloudy…some cloudy areas

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Showers locally…mostly windward and mountains
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High Surf Warning…for north and east shores of Kauai, Oahu, Molokai, Maui and the Big Island

Marine Weather Statement…surges possible in all north facing harbors

Wind Advisory…strong and gusty northeast winds will continue across the state. The island of Lanai and portions of leeward Kohala and the Kohala Mountains on the Big Island will experience the strongest winds with gusts reaching 55+ mph locally in those areas.

Small Craft Advisory…strong winds and rough seas expected over all coastal and channel waters

 

~~~ Hawaii Weather Narrative ~~~

 

Broad Brush Overview: There will be passing showers along our windward sides…leaving leeward locations dry for the most part. An increase in moisture will be possible through the second half of the weekend into next week.

Details: Observations show some of the typically windier locations reporting 20 to 30 mph with higher gusts. Showers will favor windward areas…with limited spilling over to leeward areas.

Looking Ahead: The models suggest a trend toward a wet trade wind pattern across the state by Sunday, especially over Maui County and the Big Island. A deeper source of moisture, combined with cooler temperatures aloft, may bring snow showers to the Big Island summits Sunday night through early next week. Additionally…trades will likely remain breezy through this period, with windward showers remaining active.

Here’s a wind profile of the Pacific Ocean – Closer view of the islands / Here’s the vog forecast animation / Here’s the latest weather map

Marine environment details: A High Surf Warning remains in effect through Friday morning for the north and east facing shores of all islands, due to a very large north swell plus high wind waves…due to strong to near gale force northeast trade winds. The swell will remain quite high today, then slowly subside through Saturday. A new north swell starting on Sunday will peak on Monday and subside through Tuesday. Surf from this swell may reach advisory levels. A northwest swell, and yet another north swell are expected next Wednesday.

A Small Craft Advisory (SCA) is in effect through Saturday morning for strong to near gale force northeast trade winds and large seas due to a combination of large wind waves and the large north swell. Trade winds are expected to remain strong through the first half of next week, and a new north swell will keep the seas high.

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World-wide Tropical Cyclone activity

>>> Here’s the latest PDC Weather Wall Presentation, covering the Pacific and Indian Oceans

>>> Here’s the latest PDC Weather Wall Presentation…covering the Atlantic Ocean


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>>> Atlantic Ocean: No active tropical cyclones

>>> Caribbean Sea: No active tropical cyclones

>>> Gulf of Mexico: 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: 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.

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

>>> Central Pacific: No active tropical cyclones

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

>>> Northwest Pacific Ocean: No active tropical cyclones

>>> South Pacific Ocean: No active tropical cyclones

>>> North and South Indian Oceans / Arabian Sea: No active tropical cyclones


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


Interesting: From Wild to Mild: How Different Types of Alcohol Affect Your Mood – The holidays are full of tasty treats and festive cocktails — but instead of Christmas cheer, some alcoholic beverages may cause other, less pleasant feelings, a new study from England suggests.

In the study, researchers examined how consuming different types of alcohol, such as beer, spirits and wine, could affect a person’s emotions when drinking at home or out in public. Their findings suggest that spirits, which have higher alcohol concentrations, are frequently associated with feelings of aggression.

“Understanding emotions associated with alcohol consumption is imperative to addressing alcohol misuse, providing insight into what emotions influence drink choice between different groups in the population,” the researchers wrote in the study.

For the study, the researchers used data from the Global Drug Survey, which is the world’s largest online survey of legal and illicit drug and alcohol use among adults. The survey includes questions on alcohol consumption and the feelings associated with drinking beer, spirits and red or white wine when at home or out. The emotions analyzed in the survey included energized, relaxed, sexy, confident, tired, aggressive, ill, restless and tearful.

Specifically, the researchers looked at responses from roughly 30,000 survey participants between ages 18 and 31. The participants were from 21 countries and had drunk each of the specified types of alcohol within the past year, according to the study.

The results showed that different types of alcohol can trigger different emotions. Spirits, for example, were more likely to elicit negative feelings than all the other types of alcohol, the researchers said.

But red wine was linked to more positive feelings: About 53 percent of the survey participants said they felt relaxed after drinking red wine. Roughly 50 percent of the participants also associated this feeling with drinking beer. Spirits, however, were the least likely to be associated with relaxation, according to the study.

“For centuries, the history of rum, gin, vodka and other spirits has been laced with violence,” study co-author Mark Bellis, a professor of public health at Bangor University in the U.K., said in a statement. “This global study suggests even today consuming spirits is more likely to result in feelings of aggression than other drinks.”

But aggression wasn’t the only emotion associated with sipping spirits. The researchers also found that spirits were associated with more positive emotions than beer or wine, including feelings of energy, confidence and sexiness.

The researchers found that survey responses largely differed based on level of education, country of origin and age. For example, participants between ages 18 and 24 were more “likely to associate any type of alcohol with feelings of confidence, energy and sexiness when drinking away from home,” the researchers said.

Gender and level of alcohol-dependency also seemed to have an effect on participants’ emotions. Compared with men, women were more like to associate their feelings with different types of alcohol.

The one exception, however, was aggression. Men were “significantly more likely to associate feelings of aggression with all types of alcohol, as were those categorized as heavy/dependent drinkers, who were six times more likely to do so than low risk drinkers,” the researchers said. (A questionnaire was used to assess a person’s level of alcohol dependency.)

Also, dependent drinkers were five times more likely to say they felt energized from alcohol than “low-risk” drinkers, suggesting that dependent drinkers rely on alcohol to generate the positive emotions they associate with alcohol, the researchers added. (“Low-risk” drinkers refers to drinkers who were less-dependent on alcohol.)

Although the study doesn’t provide explicit evidence linking certain emotions to different types of alcohol — in other words, it doesn’t prove that a specific type of alcohol causes a specific emotion — it demonstrates the effect that drinking beer, wine or spirits can have on a person’s feelings. The researchers also noted that several other factors could influence feelings elicited by alcohol, such as advertising, when and where alcohol is drunk, and the alcohol content of different drinks.