The latest update to this website was at 1018am Tuesday (HST)

 

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

0.97  Mount Waialeale, Kauai
1.45  Schofield East, Oahu
0.41  Puu Alii, Molokai
0.04  Lanai City, Lanai
1.18  Puu Kukui, Maui
0.54  Kawainui Stream, Big Island

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

28  Lihue, Kauai – ENE
27  Kii, Oahu – E 
30  Makapulapai, Molokai – E
33  Lanai 1,  Lanai – ENE
39  Kealaloloa Rg, Maui – ENE
38  Puuloa, 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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The next cold front northwest

 

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Variable low clouds…one long lasting area of higher clouds are moving away…while the next is approaching from the northwest

 

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

It’s mostly cloudy early this morning here at my location, with a low temperature of 57 degrees, and the relative humidity is 84%.

 

Weather Wit of the day:  I can’t believe how slippery it is. I just drove seventeen miles and never left the driveway.

 

>>> Highest Temperature Monday, March 2, 2026 – 101 at Rio Grande Village, TX
>>> Lowest Temperature Tuesday, March 3, 2026 – minus 14 at Berlin, NH

 

Hawaii’s Broad Brush Weather Overview…as of 943am Tuesday: Surface high pressure will continue to build north of the state through Wednesday, bringing moderate to locally breezy easterly trade winds. Brief passing showers will favor windward and mountain areas, mainly during the overnight and early morning hours.

Late Wednesday through this weekend, trade winds will ease slightly and veer to a more east-southeast direction, shifting shower activity toward east and southeast facing slopes of most islands. However, overall rainfall amounts are expected to remain limited. An approaching cold front may bring unsettled wet weather by early- to mid week next week.

Short Term Update…as of 943am Tuesday:  Shower coverage tied to a band of moisture that moved through earlier this morning is beginning to taper off as drier air filters in, leaving only isolated to occasionally scattered light showers filtering into windward and mountain areas. High pressure will continue to build to the northeast today, allowing the easterly trades to strengthen to become moderate to breezy across the state.

Hawaii’s Weather Details…as of 351am Tuesday: A satellite imagery loop shows a swath of mid and high clouds slowly dissipating over Maui and the Big Island, as a weak upper level disturbance fades. At the surface, a large area of high pressure far north and northeast of the state has become well established. This feature has acted to tighten the surface pressure gradient, and strengthen easterly trades to moderate to locally breezy.

As is typical with this wind flow regime, scattered light to moderate showers have mainly affected windward and mountain areas of the islands, with rainfall accumulations generally ranging from a few hundredths of an inch to around a half of an inch. Little change is expected through Wednesday, with the high to the north continuing to drive moderate to locally breezy easterly trades, with night and early morning scattered showers focused mainly along windward and mountain locations.

Thursday through this weekend, winds will begin to veer east-southeast and ease, as a trough deepens in the central North Pacific, and the aforementioned surface high north of the region slowly moves east. Models show the inversion height rising by the few thousand feet, but moisture remains limited. Thus, there may be a few showers that form over the interior regions as afternoon sea breezes develop, but nothing of significance.

Early- to mid next week, both the GFS and ECMWF models begin to nudge the deep trough closer towards Hawaii, and push an associated cold front in from the west. If the occurs, expect unsettled wet weather and gusty southerly kona winds ahead of the front. However, confidence in the storm details remains low at this time, due to both timing and intensity differences between models.

 

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 Tuesday:  Building surface high pressure north of the islands will strengthen and drift northeast through the week, bringing moderate to locally strong east to east-southeast winds through Wednesday. A Small Craft Advisory (SCA) is currently in effect for the windier waters and channels around Maui County and the Big Island. As the winds veer, the SCA will expand to add Maui County and Big Island windward waters through Wednesday afternoon. Looking towards the ending of the week, winds look to veer to the east-southeast and weaken slightly as a upper trough and surface front approach from the northwest.

The current moderate medium period northwest swell is gradually declining and will continue to trend down through the rest of the week. The next small to moderate northwest swell looks to build in Saturday and hold through the weekend. Surf along east facing shores will remain choppy as fresh trade winds redevelop and expand upstream of the state. This will keep surf along exposed east-facing shores somewhat elevated.

Surf along south-facing shores will remain small to tiny, with no significant swells forecast for at least the next several days.

A Coastal Flood Statement has been issued through Wednesday morning, due to the peak monthly high tides combined with water levels that are running higher than predicted. This may lead to minor flooding along the shoreline and in low-lying coastal areas. Coastal flooding is expected around the daily peak tide early in the mornings.

 

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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:  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:  Mapping the Future of Wildfires in a Warming World

How can scientists better assess the effects of a warming climate on wildfire behavior, fire risk, and long-term fire trends? A new review co-authored by Yale School of the Environment senior science researcher Jennifer Marlon outlines how climate change is reshaping wildfire patterns worldwide. The review, published in Science Advances, also details why understanding these shifts is essential for forecasting future risks.

“We’re seeing landscape fires increasingly threaten human health and property in ways that demand urgent attention,” Marlon said.

The paper, “Gazing into the flames: A guide to assessing the impacts of climate change on landscape fire,” brings together research from wildfire scientists across Australia, Europe, Canada, and the United States to focus on “the art and science” of projecting climate change impacts on landscape fire, including how fire’s drivers and impacts are modeled and how projections of the climate system are developed. Drawing on decades of fire research, satellite observations, climate model projections, and landscape fire modeling, the authors argue that traditional approaches fall short unless they integrate ecological, climatic, and human drivers.

Read More: Yale University