Glenn James
Hawaii Weather Today
Creator, Author, and Administrator for over 30+ years 

 

The latest update to this website was 655pm Sunday evening HST


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

0.48  Mount Waialeale, Kauai
0.18  Lyon, Oahu
1.19  Puu Alii, Molokai
0.04  Lanai 1, Lanai
1.37  Puu Kukui, Maui
3.09  Spencer, Big Island


The following numbers represent the strongest wind gusts (mph) Sunday evening:

28  Lihue, Kauai – NE
29  Kuaokala, Oahu – NE
31  Makapulapai, Molokai – E
40  Lanai 1, Lanai – NE
50  Kealaloloa Rg, Maui – NE
54  Puuloa, Big Island – NW


Hawaii’s Mountains – Here’s a link to the live webcam on the summit of our tallest mountain Mauna Kea (~13,800 feet high) on the Big Island of Hawaii. Here’s the webcam for the (~10,023 feet high) Haleakala Crater 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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 Tropical Storm Pena south…with a cold front northwest

 

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Variable low clouds over and around Hawaii…high clouds locally too…along with tropical moisture from Tropical Storm Pena to the south of the state

 

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Localized Showers 

 

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~~~ Hawaii Weather Narrative ~~~

 

Glenn’s Sunday comments:  I’m with my friend Bob here at our vacation rental at Sea Ranch, Sonoma County CA on a working vacation.

436am HST, it’s clear with high cirrus at Sea Ranch, the low temperature was 44.5 degrees…with calm winds

812am HST, it’s a nice sunny day here at Sea Ranch, so we’re heading over to the Pickleball courts to see if we can get into playing with the local folks here.

1018am, there were several really nice people playing on the three courts, and luckily as soon as I walked up, they had three lovely ladies waiting to play. The weather was rather warm and sunny, so I ended up playing only three games, which seemed fine.

124pm HST, it’s sunny although with increasing high clouds here in Sonoma County. The large waves are rising, and with the light offshore winds, there’s spray coming off the backs of the breaking waves…called spin drift.

419pm, Bob and I walked down to a nearby beach, which is 5 minutes from our place. The surf is very large, and sitting here now updating this page, I can hear the roaring breakers not far away. We popped a bottle of one of our favorite red wines, Bread and Butter Pinot Noir. It’s inexpensive and we both enjoy the flavor. We sat out and watched the sunset until it got dark. We have a fireplace, one of those that doesn’t burn wood, but rather you just turn it on…it gives out some decent heat too. The temperature here at this time is 53.7 degrees.

 

Interesting Weather Blog: Mauka Showers…El Niño Rainfall Totals in Hawaii from Recent History

 

Hawaii’s Weather Highlights…as of Sunday evening: We will remain under the influence of a ridge to our northwest for the coming week. Combined with Tropical Storm Pena to the south, and moderate to breezy trades will continue through Monday. Wind speeds decrease Tuesday but increase again Wednesday, and remain near to above-normal through the end of the coming week. Showers will continue mainly windward and mauka.

Weather Narrative…as of Sunday evening: An area of showers was located over and north of Molokai this afternoon. They were moving west-southwest and will reach Oahu early this evening. Otherwise, isolated showers were over Maui and Lanai. Skies were partly to mostly cloudy windward and mauka, with mostly sunny skies over most leeward areas. Winds averaged 10-20 mph, with the usual windy places gusting 30-35 mph.

A persistent area of high pressure at the surface will be centered to our northwest for the coming 7-days. Combined with Tropical Storm Pena to the south, this will keep trades blowing. Wind speeds will decrease a little Tuesday, but otherwise will be at or just above normal values. Scattered showers are to be expected windward and mauka, as minor increases in moisture occasionally move through.

Fire Weather: Breezy trade winds continue through Monday, with some weakening forecast for Tuesday. Winds will strengthen again Wednesday through the end of the week. Relative humidity values will decrease. Temperature inversion heights are forecast to remain between 6,000 and 7,500 feet from Maui County to the Big Island.

 

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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 / Looping Surface Precipitation…through the next 8-days / Vog Map

 

Marine Conditions…as of Sunday evening: Fresh to strong trade winds will prevail through Monday as high pressure remains in place north of the state. Tropical Storm Pena continues to move westward, passing several hundred miles south of the Big Island. The Small Craft Advisory (SCA) has been extended through Monday afternoon for most Hawaiian Waters, due to a combination of winds and elevated seas. Winds are expected to ease slightly late Monday and Tuesday as the ridge to our north erodes, and Pena moves away to the southwest. The SCA will then be trimmed back to the typical windy waters around Big Island and Maui at that time. Trade winds are then expected to strengthen again on Wednesday as a new high builds to the north and could remain strong through the remainder of the week. A surface trough will move into the region on Thursday from the north, bringing unsettled clouds and showers across the coastal waters.

A medium period swell out of the north-northwest (325 to 350 degree) will hold before gradually decreasing. Another small to moderate swell fills in Monday night, keeping small to moderate surf in place through Tuesday. A large northwest to north-northwest swell is then forecast to arrive late Wednesday into Thursday, and could bring surf near or right at warning levels.

A small south-southwest swell will keep seasonal average surf in place before declining Monday through the remainder of the week.

Rough surf along east-facing shores will hold at or above seasonal average into Monday. Surf will decrease slightly by Tuesday as trades begin to ease before increasing again by Wednesday.

 

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World-wide Tropical Cyclone Activity

 



>>> Here’s a link to the latest Pacific Disaster Center’s Weather Wall



Atlantic Ocean: There are no active tropical cyclone

Caribbean Sea: There are no active tropical cyclones:

Gulf of America: There are no active tropical cyclones

 

Northeast Pacific: There are no active tropical cyclones

>>> Eastern East Pacific:

Invest 96E

An area of low pressure located just offshore of Nicaragua has been producing increasingly organized shower and thunderstorm activity over the past several hours. Some additional development of this system is possible through early Monday while it drifts slowly northwestward. Thereafter, environmental conditions are forecast to become unfavorable for further development as the system turns westward away from land. Regardless of development, this system is expected to bring periods

* Formation chance through 48 hours…low…30 percent
* Formation chance through 7 days…low…30 percent

 

Central North Pacific:

Tropical Storm Pena is located 540 miles south-southwest of South Point, Hawaii

PENA PASSING WELL SOUTH OF THE MAIN HAWAIIAN ISLANDS

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Northwest Pacific Ocean:

Tropical Cyclone 31W (Cempaka)…is located approximately 350 NM west of Iwo To

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Southwest Pacific Ocean: There are no active tropical cyclones

 

North and South Indian Oceans / Arabian Sea:   

South Indian Ocean

Tropical Cyclone 03S…is located approximately 488 NM north-northeast of Antananarivo, Madagascar – Final Warning

 

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Here’s the link to the Joint Typhoon Warning Center (JTWC)



Interesting:  North Atlantic’s ‘Cold Blob’ May Contain Climate Nuance

Climate observers have long tied the strength of a major ocean current to water temperatures in the so-called “cold blob” in the North Atlantic Ocean. The 965,000-square-mile area south and southeast of Greenland cooled by as much 1.8 degrees Fahrenheit over the past century as other ocean waters warmed.

Some indicators signal that a sustained decline in water volumes in the current, known as the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation (AMOC), is a persistent cause of the blob’s lower temperatures. The current’s degradation began decades ago, a shift likely influenced by climate change that could reduce oceans’ absorption of carbon dioxide and heat, according to a team led by researchers in Penn State’s College of Earth and Mineral Sciences. But they cautioned, the link between AMOC and surface temperatures in the blob, also called the North Atlantic warming hole, is more irregular and complex than previously thought.

As published in the journal Nature Communications, the team found that the diminishing ocean current may impact the North Atlantic climate differently over time, with disparate phases in the relationship between AMOC strength and blob temperatures, said corresponding author Laifang Li, an assistant professor in the Department of Meteorology and Atmospheric Science. The work builds on their finding in 2025 that radiation from the atmosphere helps depress water temperatures.

Read more at: Penn State University