The latest update to this website was at 10am Thursday morning(HST)

 

Here are the highest temperatures Wednesday afternoon…and the lowest Thursday morning:

87 / 77  Lihue AP, Kauai
90 / 77  Honolulu AP, Oahu – Record high Wednesday was 92 degrees
90 / 75  Molokai AP, Molokai
90 / 73  Kahului AP, Maui – Record high Wednesday was 96 degrees
86 / 75  Kona AP, Big Island
84 / 70  Hilo AP, Big Island

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

0.75  Mount Waialeale, Kauai
0.07  Ahuimanu Loop, Oahu
0.06  Puu Alii, Molokai
0.00  Lanai
0.05  West Wailuaiki, Maui
0.32  Honolii Stream, Big Island

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

24  Port Allen, Kauai
37  Oahu Forest NWR, Oahu
27  Makapulapai, Molokai
35  Lanai 1, Lanai
29  Kahului AP, Maui
31  Kealakomo, Big Island

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. 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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Thunderstorms south of Hawaii…an upper low northwest
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Variable clouds across the state

 

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Low clouds being carried our way on the trade wind flow…some high clouds arriving at times

 

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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 Thursday comments:  I’m home here in upper Kula, Maui, I hope you have a great Thursday wherever you happen to be spending it.

526am, it’s mostly clear with some streaky high Cirrus clouds early this morning…the low temperature here at my Kula weather tower was 53 degrees. The Cirrus lit up a very pretty pink color at sunrise!

 

Hawaii’s Broad Brush Weather Overview:  A fairly dry moderate to locally breezy trade wind pattern will continue through Friday afternoon. A weak disturbance moving through the Hawaii area by this weekend will increase shower trends for all islands, especially over windward and mountain areas. Isolated thunderstorms are possible for Kauai and Oahu Saturday night through Sunday. Drier trends return from next week Monday onward.

Hawaii’s Weather Details:  Local radar imagery shows little shower activity across the state this morning, with only brief showers reaching windward and mountain areas. Stable looking stratocumulus clouds are drifting into the islands on the trade winds, with bands of high level cirrus clouds passing over the island chain. These cirrus clouds, made of ice crystals, will likely enhance sunrise and sunset colors into the weekend.

In the larger scale, a high pressure ridge remains far north of the Hawaiian Islands, and this ridge will continue to produce moderate to locally breezy trade winds through Friday. Wind speeds will decrease slightly this weekend, as the ridge weakens in response to a cold front passing through the Central Pacific basin. Fairly strong subsidence (downward vertical motions) across the region will limit rainfall coverage through Friday afternoon.

A weak trough riding in on the easterly trade winds will link up with an upper level low drifting into the islands from the north. These two systems will produce more unstable conditions statewide, and increase shower trends Friday night through Sunday. Isolated thunderstorms are possible over Kauai and Oahu Saturday night through Sunday. The development of any thunderstorms will highly depend on the strength of this developing upper low near the western islands.

Drier conditions will return from next week from Monday onward, as these low pressure systems diminish and move westward away from the state. Moderate to locally breezy trade winds continue with brief overnight to early morning showers possible over windward and mountain areas.

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: Moderate to locally strong trades should remain in place through the weekend, due to high pressure northeast of the islands. A slight weakening of the high could decrease wind speeds early next week. A Small Craft Advisory is in effect for the typical windy waters around Maui and the Big Island through 6am Saturday.

North shore surf will remain very small through the weekend, until mid-week when a northwest swell could arrive. East shore surf will hold near seasonal levels, then slowly lower through early next week. A mix of southeast, south and southwest swells will keep small surf rolling into south facing shores through Monday. A slight rise in south shore surf is possible around the middle of next week, as a slightly larger southwest swell moves through.

 

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World-wide Tropical Cyclone Activity

 

Atlantic Ocean:  There are no active tropical cyclones

>>> Central Subtropical Atlantic

There’s an area of disturbed weather being referred to as the Remnants of Gordon

An area of disorganized showers and thunderstorms located over the central subtropical Atlantic is associated with the remnants of Gordon. Some development of this system is possible while it moves generally northward over the next several days.

* Formation chance through 48 hours…low…20 percent
* Formation chance through 7 days…low…30 percent

>>> Central and Western Subtropical Atlantic

An area of low pressure located about 750 miles southeast of Bermuda is producing disorganized showers and thunderstorms. Environmental conditions appear only marginally conducive, but some development of this system is possible while it meanders over the open waters of the central or western Subtropical Atlantic though early next week.

* Formation chance through 48 hours…low…10 percent
* Formation chance through 7 days…low…20 percent

Caribbean Sea:  There are no active tropical cyclone

>>> Northwestern Caribbean Sea and Southeast Gulf of Mexico:

A broad area of low pressure could form by early next week over the western and northwestern Caribbean Sea. Thereafter, gradual development of this system is possible, and a tropical depression could form as the system moves slowly to the north or northwest over the northwestern Caribbean Sea and into the southern Gulf of Mexico through the middle part of next week.

* Formation chance through 48 hours…low…near 0 percent
* Formation chance through 7 days…medium…40 percent

Gulf of Mexico: There are no active tropical cyclone

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 15W (Pulasan), is located approximately 49 NM south-southeast of Shanghai, Japan

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Tropical cyclone 16W (Soulik), is located approximately 97 NM northwest of Da Nang, Vietnam – Final Warning

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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

 

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