The latest update to this website was at 1050am Saturday morning (HST)

 

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

81 / 72  Lihue AP, Kauai
m / m   Honolulu AP, Oahu
79 / 72   Molokai AP, Molokai
86 / 71  Kahului AP, Maui
85 / 71  Kona AP, Big Island
83 / 69  Hilo AP, Big Island

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

1.73  Kilohana, Kauai
0.89  Schofield East, Oahu
0.25  Puu Alii, Molokai
0.00  Lanai City, Lanai
0.83  West Wailuaiki, Maui
0.45  Kawainui Stream, Big Island

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

21  Port Allen, Kauai
31  Oahu Forest NWR, Oahu
29  Makapulapai, Molokai
25  Lanai 1, Lanai
27  Kahului AP, Maui
35  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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 A cold front far northwest…thunderstorms far south
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Variable low clouds across the state

 

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Partly cloudy in general…mostly windward sides

 

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Localized showers

 

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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 Saturday comments:  I’m here in Bend, Oregon, I hope you have a good Saturday wherever you happen to be spending it.

It’s partly cloudy here in Bend, with a low temperature of 28.5 degrees in my friend Bob’s backyard.

 

Hawaii’s Broad Brush Weather Overview:  Stable and breezy trade wind weather will prevail through late next week, with embedded low clouds and showers occasionally moving through the islands. Rainfall will favor windward slopes and coasts, particularly at night and during the early morning hours, with a few showers reaching leeward areas at times.

Hawaii’s Weather Details:  A high far north of the Hawaiian Islands is generating moderate to breezy trade winds across local waters. Satellite loop shows scattered low clouds embedded within this flow piling up across windward sections of most islands. Leeward areas tend to have clearer skies, along with waters lee of the islands. Radar shows scattered showers moving into windward areas, with a few of these showers pushing leeward.

Models show the high to our north will shift east and merge with a new building high to the distant northeast of the islands by late Sunday. This will keep the pressure gradient across the islands sufficiently steep, to support breezy trade winds through the period. Trades could become quite strong late next week, as the high moves southward and closer to the island chain.

Expect a typical trade wind weather pattern for the next week or so, with embedded bands of low clouds and showers moving through. Rainfall will favor windward slopes and coasts, particularly at night and during the early morning hours, with a few showers reaching leeward areas at times as well.

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 to the northwest of the state will shift to the north of the state this weekend, then hold in place and intensify over the coming week. A Small Craft Advisory (SCA) remains in effect for the windier waters around Maui County and the Big Island, and will likely remain so for the foreseeable future. In the extended, the trades will further strengthen as a northeast Pacific high becomes increasingly dominant. Strong trade winds could become widespread during the second half of next week with gales possible for select channels.

The current NNW (320-350 degree) swell will gradually decline through Monday. A moderate NW (320 degree) swell is expected to take its place on Monday, and will likely peak near advisory levels Monday evening. This swell will be followed by a slightly larger NW (320 degree) swell on Wednesday, which should produce advisory level surf for N and W facing shores late next week.

Surf along east-facing shores will remain rough and choppy through the middle of next week, due to the breezy trade winds. Long range models are showing a significant increase of wind swell towards the latter half of next week, due to a large fetch of strong trade winds setting up over and upstream of the state. Surf could reach the advisory threshold by the end of the upcoming work week.

Surf along south-facing shores will remain small and near the seasonal average through the middle of next week. Tiny pulses will be possible over the next few days.

Also with the peak monthly tides coming up towards the latter half of next week (Nov 14th to Nov 18th), we could see coastal inundation impacts during the early morning hours along all coastlines. The large wind swell combined with the peak monthly tides could cause greater impacts along windward shores.

 

                           Boardwalk at Mokapu Beach on Maui, Hawaii

 

 

World-wide Tropical Cyclone Activity

 

Atlantic Ocean:  There are no active tropical cyclones

Caribbean Sea:   There are no active tropical cyclones

>>> Near the Bahamas

A concentrated area of showers and thunderstorms a couple of hundred miles east of the central Bahamas is associated with a trough of low pressure. Some gradual development of this system is possible during the next day or so before it moves into unfavorable environmental conditions on Sunday. Regardless of development, locally heavy rains and gusty winds are possible as it moves generally westward across the Bahamas through Sunday.

* Formation chance through 48 hours…low…10 percent
* Formation chance through 7 days…low…10 percent

Gulf of Mexico:

Tropical Cyclone 18L (Rafael)…is located about 290 miles north-northwest of Progreso, Mexico

AIR FORCE HURRICANE HUNTERS FIND RAFAEL CONTINUES TO WEAKEN

Rafael is moving toward the west-northwest near 6 mph. The storm is expected to slow down and meander over the central Gulf of Mexico Sunday into Monday, then turn toward the south or south-southwest by Monday night. Data from the Air Force Hurricane Hunters indicate that maximum sustained winds have decreased to near 50 mph with higher gusts. Continued weakening is forecast through early next week. Tropical-storm-force winds extend outward up to 105 miles from the center.

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Northeastern Pacific:  There are no active tropical cyclone

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

North Central Pacific:  There are no active tropical cyclone

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

Northwest Pacific Ocean:  

Tropical Cyclone 24W (Yinxing)…is located approximately 356 NM east-northeast of Da Nang, Vietnam

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Tropical Cyclone 25W (Man-yi)…is located approximately 626 NM east of Saipan

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Tropical Cyclone 26W (Toraji)…is located approximately 430 NM east of Manila, Philippines

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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:  Atlantic Killer Whales Show Dangerously High Levels of Toxic Chemicals: Study

Killer whales off Canada’s Atlantic coast continue to be contaminated with dangerously high levels of toxic chemicals that put them at elevated risk of severe immune-system and reproductive problems, a recent McGill-led study has found.

The study, published in Science of the Total Environment, was based on information obtained from skin samples collected from living whales and dolphins near the French territory of Saint-Pierre and Miquelon, south of Newfoundland, downstream from the Gulf of St. Lawrence. The researchers analyzed biopsies from 50 animals, representing six species of cetacean (whale or dolphin).

The researchers found the picture was brighter for other whales and dolphins studied; their levels of contamination were mostly below the thresholds for severe health risks.

Read more at: McGill University