The latest update to this website was at 632pm Friday (HST)

 

Here are the highest temperatures Friday afternoon…and the lowest Friday morning:

81 / 73  Lihue AP, Kauai
84 / 62   Molokai AP, Molokai
83 / 62  Kahului AP, Maui
83 / 72  Kona AP, Big Island
82 / 66  Hilo AP, Big Island

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

0.02  Kilohana, Kauai
0.06  Heeia, Oahu
0.01  Puu Alii, Molokai
0.00  Lanai
0.09  Haiku, Maui
0.23  Lower Kahuku, Big Island

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

16  Moloaa Dairy, Kauai
17  Kii, Oahu
24  Makapulapai, Molokai
18  Lanai 1, Lanai
21  Kahului AP, Maui
27  South Point, Big Island

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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 The next cold front to the northwest


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Variable low clouds across the state

 

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High clouds to the northeast

 

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Localized showers…not many

 

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Kauai and Oahu (Satellite)

 

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Kauai and Oahu (Radar)

 

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Oahu and Maui County (Satellite)

 

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Oahu and Maui County (Radar)

 

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 Maui, Kahoolawe, Lanai, and the Big Island (Satellite)

 

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Maui County and the Big Island (Radar)

 

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Big Island (Radar)

 

Model showing precipitation through 8-days (you can slow this animation down)

 

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

 

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~~~ Hawaii Weather Narrative ~~~

 

Glenn’s Aloha Friday comments:  I’m home here in upper Kula, Maui, Hawaii. I hope you have a good day wherever you happen to be spending it.

It’s clear here in upper Kula early this morning, while the low temperature was 50 degrees.

426pm, partly cloudy with a temperature of 67 degrees here at my place. I drove up the mountain this morning and went to my usual skateboarding section of road, up around 5,500 feet elevation…where I had several good runs.

632pm, it’s partly to mostly cloudy with a light shower here in upper Kula right around sunset. My high temperature was 70.5 degrees.

Weather Wit of the day:  Sunburn – Getting more than you basked for

 

Hawaii’s Broad Brush Weather Overview:  Light winds and mostly dry conditions will prevail through early next week, with a few showers possible along windward slopes and coasts at night and over the island interiors each afternoon.

A series of cold fronts will approach from the northwest next week, bringing an increase in showers, particularly over the western end of the state around the middle of the week, and again towards the end of the work week.

Hawaii’s Weather Details:  Radar and satellite imagery show a slight increase in clouds and showers across the eastern end of the state, as a plume of moisture moves in on the trades. Over the western half of the state, clouds and isolated showers are favoring windward and mountain areas, as land breezes have helped to at least partially clear leeward areas.

A surface ridge centered well to the northeast of the state will maintain light to locally moderate trades, that will allow for clouds and showers to generally focus over windward areas, then transition to focus over leeward and interior areas with afternoon sea breeze development. However, only light rainfall amounts are expected with these brief passing showers, due to limited moisture and increasing stability as ridging builds in from the west.

A progressive pattern to our north will bring a series of fronts to our doorstep over the next several days, periodically disrupting the trades, and bringing an increase in showers to the western end of the state. Between each front, the surface ridge to the northeast of the state will try to reestablish itself, but will have a hard time doing so, as each front will be followed closely by its successor.

The second front will approach early next week and may increase rain chances over the western end of the state Tuesday night into Wednesday, as the frontal boundary dissipates near Kauai. However, model guidance shows both the boundary and its moisture field mostly dissipating before reaching the state, so don’t expect much of an increase in shower activity with this front either.

Then ahead of the third front, winds will turn southerly Wednesday and Thursday, allowing the boundary layer to moisten up and inversion heights to rise, bringing a slight increase in shower activity, particularly over the western end of the state. The third front looks to approach towards the end of the work week, potentially bringing another, slightly more significant rise in rain chances for the western end of the state Thursday night into Friday.

Here’s a near real-time Wind Profile of the Pacific Ocean – along with a Closer View of the islands / Here’s the latest Weather Map / Vog map animation

Hawaii’s Marine Environment:  High pressure over the northeast Pacific will hold through the weekend. A ridge extending from the high and passing just north of Hawaii will drive generate east winds. The ridge will shift south causing low level winds to weaken and shift to the east-southeast tonight. Light trade wind flow will then persist through the remainder of the weekend and into next week.

The current west-northwest swell will continue its gradual decline. The next significant northwest swell is due late Saturday into early next week, with peak surf heights likely reaching warning levels along north and west facing shores. Yet another similar sized northwest swell is expected to build in Tuesday night and linger through Wednesday night.

Small surf is expected along east facing shores over the next week, as trade winds remain light. Surf along south facing shores should see a small boost as a small south swell fills in on Friday and Saturday.

 

 

World-wide Tropical Cyclone Activity

 

Atlantic Ocean:  There are no active tropical cyclones

Caribbean Sea:  There are no active tropical cyclones

Gulf of Mexico:  There are no active tropical cyclones

Northeastern Pacific:  There are no active tropical cyclones

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

North Central Pacific:  There are no active tropical cyclones

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

Northwest Pacific Ocean:  There are no active tropical cyclones

Southwest Pacific Ocean:  There are no active tropical cyclones

North and 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:  Alaska-Developed Volcano Monitoring System Will Expand Across U.S.

A new radar-based volcano monitoring system developed by the University of Alaska Fairbanks and U.S. Geological Survey will expand across the U.S. and beyond.

The expansion, funded by NASA, could lead to earlier detection of volcanic unrest.

The Alaska Volcano Observatory at UAF has been using a prototype of this system, named VolcSARvatory, since early 2022. Its usefulness was immediately apparent when a swarm of earthquakes occurred at long-quiet Mount Edgecumbe volcano, near Sitka, Alaska, on April 11, 2022.

Read More: University of Alaska Fairbanks

Image: Mount Edgecumbe (L’úx Shaa), viewed from a helicopter in summer 2023, rises from forests on Kruzof Island about 15 miles west of Sitka, Alaska.