The latest update to this website was at 551am Thursday (HST)

 

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

3.92  Waialae, Kauai
1.93  Dillingham, Oahu
0.87  Puu Alii, Molokai
0.72  Lanai City, Lanai
0.62  Puu Kukui, Maui
0.25  Pahoa, Big Island

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

27  Mana, Kauai – NW
28  Honolulu AP, Oahu – NW
29  Makapulapai, Molokai – WNW
27  Lanai 1, Lanai – NW
35  Nene Nest, Maui – SW
23  Aipaloa, Big Island – SSW

 

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 is moving through the state from the northwest

 

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The frontal cloud band is over Maui…with the Big Island next in line for showers

 

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Showers locally…some heavy

 

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

 

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

It’s cloudy with a brief heavy shower early this morning, with a low temperature of 56 degrees at my place

554am, as the cold front went through the winds got gusty and it rained hard for a bit, then the rain and wind stopped…although it’s now raining again here at my Kula weather tower.

 

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Hawaii’s Broad Brush Weather Overview: A cold front moving through the islands in Maui County this morning continues to spread showers and gusty winds as the frontal band passes through each island. Wind directions shift to a cooler and drier northerly direction after frontal passage today.

Cool, moderate to breezy northeasterly winds on Friday will veer more easterly by this weekend. Another cold front will move down the island chain from next week Wednesday through Thursday, producing yet another round of wet rainy weather across the state.

Hawaii’s Weather Details: Shower bands moving through the islands along the leading edge of a cold front has produced a good amount of measurable storm total rainfall over Kauai and Oahu, ranging from 1/2 to over 2 inches in some locations over the past 12 to 18 hours. Expect these showers to continue with slightly decreasing rainfall amounts, over Molokai, Lanai and Maui this morning, and eventually into portions of the Big Island later today.

Satellite imagery this morning shows the back edge of the cold frontal cloud band clearing out over Kauai and Niihau. Expect cooler and more stable northerly winds, with decreasing shower trends spreading eastward through the morning hours. These improving weather conditions will spread to all islands later this evening.

The Wind Advisory for strong southerly wind gusts at lower elevations was cancelled this morning, as the southerly wind gust threat diminishes statewide. However, strong upper level winds will continue over the highest mountain summits on Maui and the Big Island through the day. Strong and gusty winds just below advisory levels remains in the forecast for Haleakala National Park on Maui, just below our summit wind advisory thresholds. The highest summits of Mauna Kea and Mauna Loa on the Big Island will see the strongest winds with this event, and Wind Advisories remain in effect until 6pm this evening for both summits. Brief periods of icing conditions are also possible on these higher elevation Big Island summits today.

High pressure building in behind the front will herald a return to drier and more stable northeasterly trade winds on Friday, becoming more easterly trade winds from Saturday into Sunday. This drier air moving in after frontal passage will produce much cooler temperatures for all islands, especially during the overnight hours, when the drier atmosphere can more efficiently radiate heat into outer space. These lower humidity levels and cooler overnight to early morning temperatures will linger into the weekend.

Another round of wet weather remains in the long range forecast for the middle of next week. The latest extended model forecast guidance continues to show good agreement on another period of cloudy skies and wet weather, as yet another cold front moves eastward down the island chain. Stay tuned as the island by island weather impacts from this next frontal band will evolve over time.

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

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Hawaii’s Marine Environment: A cold front over the central waters will continue to move from west to east across the coastal waters. Southerly winds ahead of the front will transition to northwesterly behind the frontal passage. Meanwhile, an extra large northwest swell will generate large seas through Friday for exposed waters. The Small Craft Advisory (SCA) has been expanded to all Hawaiian waters and extended in time through Friday afternoon for combined high seas, winds strengthening to 25 kt, or both. A high pressure system moving far north of the islands will bring back easterly trade winds across Hawaiian waters Friday through Sunday. Winds will then become weaker and more southeasterly early next week as the next front approaches.

An extra large, medium to long period northwest (320-340 degrees) swell will fill in, peak this afternoon into the evening, then slowly fade through Friday. A High Surf Warning is now in effect through Friday for exposed north and west facing shores of Niihau, Kauai, Oahu, Molokai, and north facing shores of Maui. Additionally, a High Surf Advisory has been issued for west facing shores of the Big Island. This swell will gradually transition to become more northerly (350-010 degrees) as it fades into the weekend. Surf along north and west facing shores will then linger near advisory levels Saturday before another reinforcing northwest swell briefly boosts surf heights back to near warning levels on Sunday and Sunday night.

Surf along east facing shores will remain small, though will increase slightly by Friday as trades become re-established across the area. Additionally, some east facing shores sensitive to northerly swells may experience a slight uptick in surf heights this weekend, as the fading northwesterly swell becomes more northerly. No noteworthy swells are expected for the next few days for south facing shores.

 

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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:  

Tropical Cyclone 01W (Nokaen) is located approximately 539 NM east-southeast of Manila, Philippines

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Southwest Pacific Ocean:  There are no active tropical cyclones 

North Indian Ocean:  There are no active tropical cyclones 

 

South Indian Ocean:

Tropical Cyclone 14S (Dudzai) is located approximately 609 NM south of Diego Garcia

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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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The research in “Negative Effects of Excessive Heat on Colony Thermoregulation and Population Dynamics in Honey Bees,” conducted during a hot Arizona summer, monitored nine honey bee colonies through three months of temperatures that frequently exceeded 104°F. The results indicate that intensifying heat waves worldwide represent a significant threat to honey bees and the pollination services they provide.

“Honey bee colonies have well-documented mechanisms to cope with heat exposure,” write authors Jun Chen, Adrian Fisher II, Gloria DeGrandi-Hoffman, Cahit Ozturk, Brian H. Smith, Jennifer H. Fewell, Yun Kang, Kylie Maxwell, Kynadi Overcash, Keerut Chahal, and Jon F. Harrison. “However, there have been no studies to date that have assessed the limits of such thermoregulation or how natural heat waves affect the capacity of honey bees colonies to thermoregulate and grow.”

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