The latest update to this website was at 11am Tuesday (HST)

 

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

0.45  Waiahi RG, Kauai
0.89  Kahana, Oahu
0.19  Honolmaloo, Molokai
0.00  Lanai City, Lanai
0.00  Maui
0.14  Pahala, Big Island

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

08  Makaha Ridge, Kauai – S
15  Kuaokala, Oahu – SSE
05  Makaena, Molokai – NE
04  Lanai 1,  Lanai – SSE
12  Na Kula, Maui – E
14  Puuanahulu, Big Island – SE

 

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.

 

https://weather.gc.ca/data/satellite/goes_gwdisk11_1070_100.jpg

Big Blue…click twice for largest version

 

https://cdn.star.nesdis.noaa.gov/GOES18/ABI/SECTOR/tpw/13/GOES18-TPW-13-900x540.gif

 The next weak cold front is still far northwest

 

https://www.weather.gov/images/hfo/satellite/Hawaii_IR_loop.gif

Variable clouds around the state…lots of cloud free areas

 

https://radar.weather.gov/ridge/standard/HAWAII_loop.gif

https://radar.weather.gov/ridge/standard/PHKI_loop.gif

https://radar.weather.gov/ridge/standard/PHKM_loop.gif

Showers locally

 

https://www.weather.gov/wwamap/png/hfo.png


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

 

~~~ Hawaii Weather Narrative ~~~

 

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

It’s mostly clear early this morning, with a low temperature of 51 degrees at my place…with the relative humidity 73%

 

Weather Wit of the day: Why did the raindrop go to therapy? It had a lot of clouded thoughts.

 

>>> Highest Temperature Monday, January 26, 2026 – 90 West Palm Beach, FL
>>> Lowest Temperature Tuesday, January 27, 2026 – minus 19 at Glens Falls, NY

 

Hawaii’s Broad Brush Weather Overview:  Ridging aloft will bring us a couple days of weak sea-breeze winds and limited showers. A weak front is forecast to slowly cross the state from Thursday night through Saturday night, increasing showers from west to east. Sunday will become more humid as southerly winds increase ahead of yet another front. This one will move in Monday through Monday night, and has the potential to bring strong winds and heavy rain.

Hawaii’s Weather Details: Skies were partly cloudy across the state this morning, with little in the way of showers showing up on radar. Rainfall reports indicated that very light rain was falling on parts of Kauai, Oahu, and southeast Big Island. Winds were light and mostly southeast or downslope.

Upper level ridging extending into the region from the west will hold firm through Wednesday night. Thursday, a weak northwest wind flow aloft builds south into the area, just far enough to push a weak cold front slowly through the state Thursday night through Saturday night.

The influence of the ridge today and Wednesday will bring us light winds, allowing sea- and land-breezes to develop each day and night, respectively. Showers will be isolated to scattered and largely determined by weak southeast surface winds and interactions of sea-breezes and terrain.

As a weak cold front moves in Thursday night, reaching Kauai County around midnight. There will be a minimal increase in showers and winds will become north and then northeast. This slow-moving front is expected to reach Oahu Friday, Maui County Friday evening, and the Big Island Friday overnight. It is forecast to stall near Big Island Saturday, then pull north Sunday.

Sunday, as yet another, stronger, front moves toward the state, southerly winds ahead of it will bring enhanced moisture into the area, leading to an increase in humidity and showers. Monday into Monday night, as the front moves into the state, winds ahead of it will become southwest and could become strong. The potential exists for strong winds and brief heavy rain, even as there is still model disagreement on how far into the state the front will progress.

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

https://www.weather.gov/images/hfo/graphics/npac.gif 

 

Hawaii’s Marine Environment:  Light winds will prevail through Thursday as the surface ridge settles southward over the islands. The background flow will remain out of the southeast for Maui and the Big Island waters, and out of the south to southwest over the Kauai and Oahu waters. While most coastal areas will experience typical overnight land breezes and afternoon sea breezes, terrain-induced accelerations will lead to brief periods of locally enhanced winds where the flow parallels to the coast, particularly through the afternoon hours. Moderate to fresh northerly winds will gradually fill in on Friday as a cold front moves into the area.

Surf along north- and west-facing shores will trend up, as a medium-period northwest swell builds down the island chain. Heights could near the advisory levels by tonight before gradually easing Wednesday into Thursday.

A larger northwest swell is expected later this week, from a broad and complex low over the far northwest Pacific. Latest analysis and satellite imagery show a 966 millibar low centered east of the Kuril Islands, with a large area of gale- to storm-force winds focused at the islands within the 290 to 320 degree directional bands. This swell will begin building down the island chain Thursday and could become a long-duration event, with a peak centered around the Friday through Saturday time frame. Heights will exceed advisory levels by late Thursday afternoon, then exceed warning levels Friday into Saturday.

Surf along east-facing shores will remain small each day, due to a combination of the local winds shifting southerly and the lack of trades upstream of the state.

Surf along south-facing shores will trend up slightly as a background, long-period south swell arrives. Offshore buoys to the south have started showing this pulse within the 15 to 17 second bands. This swell will ease by mid-week.

 

22 Best Things to Do in Kona (+ Nearby Attractions!)



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: There are no active tropical cyclones 

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:  Sea Levels Are Rising—But in Greenland, They Will Fall

Even as global warming causes sea levels to rise worldwide, sea levels around Greenland will likely drop, according to a new paper in Nature Communications.

“The Greenland coastline is going to experience quite a different outcome,” says lead author Lauren Lewright, a PhD student in geophysics working at the Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, which is part of the Columbia Climate School. “Sea level in Greenland is actually projected to fall.”

According to the study, the decline in sea level will likely measure about 0.9 meters (nearly three feet) in a low-emissions future and 2.5 meters (8.2 feet) in a high-emissions future by the year 2100.

Read More at: Columbia Climate School