The latest update to this website was at 505pm Wednesday (HST)

 

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

1.37  Mount Waialeale, Kauai
1.27  Kalawahine, Oahu
0.28  Puu Alii, Molokai
0.01  Lanai 1, Lanai
0.49  Puu Kukui, Maui
0.81  Kawainui Stream, Big Island

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

23  Barking Sands, Kauai – SE
23  Kaneohe, Oahu – ESE 
33  Makapulapai, Molokai – ESE
18  Lanai 1,  Lanai – NE
40  Na Kula, Maui – ESE
35  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 northwest

 

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Variable low clouds…streaky high cirrus clouds in the vicinity

 

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  Showers locally 

 

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

 

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

It’s clear to partly cloudy early this morning here at my location, with a low temperature of 51.5 degrees, and the relative humidity is 83%.

922am, it’s partly cloudy here on Maui, with gusty trade winds in those exposed locations.

1212pm, I played pickleball this morning in Makawao, which was very fun!

5pm, partly to mostly cloudy here on Maui, with rather thick haze.

 

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Hawaii’s Broad Brush Weather Overview…as of 350pm Wednesday:  Breezy east-southeast winds will persist through the weekend as a cold front stalls northwest of the state, and high pressure remains anchored to the northeast. This pattern will favor showers along southeast- and east-facing slopes of the Big Island and Maui, with sea breezes and downstream convergence bringing clouds and a few showers to leeward and interior areas. A strengthening southerly kona flow may draw deep tropical moisture over the islands next week, bringing an increasing chance for a wetter and more unsettled pattern.

Hawaii’s Weather Details…as of 350pm Wednesday:  Breezy trades veered to an east-southeast direction, a bit sooner than previously anticipated. Low-level flow is expected to remain east-southeast through the weekend as a cold front approaches and stalls northwest of the state, interacting with the strong surface high pressure system anchored to the northeast. In this pattern, showers will favor southeast- and east-facing slopes of the Big Island and Maui, along with leeward and interior areas statewide as sea breezes develop within the lighter, somewhat blocked flow.

Model guidance remains in good agreement through this period, keeping the front stalled just west of the islands while its parent low lifts farther northwest. Looking ahead to next week, global models show a mid- to upper- level low rounding the base of a trough northwest of the state and spawning a surface low to the west-northwest. Strengthening southerly flow between this low and high pressure to our northeast, is expected to draw deep tropical moisture (precipitable water values of 1.6 to 1.8 inches) over portions of, or possibly the entire, state beginning early to mid-week.

This moist southerly flow may persist through much of next week and, combined with instability associated with nearby upper-level disturbances, could support a wetter and more unsettled pattern, with the potential for heavy rain and thunderstorms lasting into next weekend. Model agreement has improved somewhat regarding the overall pattern evolution next week, and forecast confidence is gradually increasing. However, important details, including the exact placement of the deepest moisture and the strength of the southerly winds, are still coming into focus.

 

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 352am Wednesday:  Trade winds will strengthen into the fresh to strong range and become increasingly easterly, as surface high pressure strengthens far northeast of the islands. Tonight into Thursday, winds will veer out of the east-southeast around Oahu and Kauai, as the high drifts eastward and a front approaches the state from the northwest. A Small Craft Advisory (SCA) remains in effect for most of the waters around the Big Island and Maui through Thursday morning where winds will be strongest.

The SCA has been extended through Thursday evening for the waters around the Big Island and Alenuihaha Channel, as winds further north weaken slightly as they veer. Portions of the coastal waters will continue to see SCA conditions through the weekend. Local winds may veer from a more southerly direction early next week, as a cold frontal low slowly advances toward the islands from the west.

A small northwest swell will continue to decline through Thursday. A new small overlapping west-northwest swell will arrive late Thursday and hold through the weekend, which will cause another rise in surf along north- and west-facing shores. This will be followed by another small west-northwest swell early next week. There may also be very small northerly swell late this week into the weekend.

Choppy east shore surf will builds to near seasonal average as trade winds strengthen over and east of the islands. Little change is expected along east facing shores through the weekend, followed by a possible decline early next week, as winds veer increasingly southerly. Surf along south facing shores will remain small to tiny through the weekend, and some islands may see an increase in choppy surf if southerly winds develop early next week.

 

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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 24P…located at approximately 192 NM east-northeast of Cairns, Australia – Final Warning

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North Indian Ocean:  There are no active tropical cyclones

South Indian Ocean:  

Tropical Cyclone 25S…located at approximately 695 NM north-northwest of Learmonth, Australia

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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

 

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