Some of the best hula in the Islands will be on display today at "Ke Alana o Moanalua ... the Awakening of Moanalua," a free event at Moanalua Gardens for the whole family. Alika Jamile, Moanalua Gardens Foundation president, said this year's festival is enriched with more hula protocol and draws on archival resources for added authenticity.
It's time to break out your rainbow flags and head to Ala Moana Beach Park for the 19th Annual Honolulu Gay Pride Festival from 11:30 a.m. to 7 p.m today.
It's time to hitch up the beagles, bulldogs and every other four-legged critter for a walk through the Honolulu Arts District as part of Pets on Parade.
Episcopalians authorized bishops to bless same-sex unions and research an official prayer for the ceremonies yesterday, capping a meeting that moved the church closer to accepting gay relationships despite turmoil over the issue in the Anglican family.
All of us have difficulty getting along with certain people. They make us draw in on ourselves — it is hard to be outgoing and friendly with them. But, we try to understand them by asking the question: "Why do they act this way?" projecting ourselves into their situations and seeing life from their standpoint.
The Rev. Brad Smith is back in the pulpit after developing the Souper Bowl of Caring into a powerhouse, youth-driven charity that has raised $60 million over the past two decades for food banks and soup kitchens nationwide.
A ridge of high pressure to the north will keep trade winds blowing across the state. Winds will remain breezy through early next week. Clouds and showers will favor windward and mauka areas. An area of moisture in the trade wind flow will lead to greater shower coverage tonight, but drier conditions will follow by early next week.
High pressure far to the north will remain nearly stationary through the forecast period, keeping trade winds blowing across the state. The 00Z Lihue sounding shows the inversion has lifted up to 6kft, with weak warming between 800mb and 700mb over the past 24 hours. The 00Z Hilo sounding does not show much of any inversion, and the temperature profile is pretty moist adiabatic. At least the sounding looks more representative than the 12Z sounding. Also, it is pretty similar to a 23Z acars ascent sounding out of Kona. Precipitable waters range from 1.4 inches at Lihue to 1.75 inches at Hilo. An early afternoon pass from the poes amsu total precipitable water sensor shows this area of higher moisture extending 100 miles east of the Big Island. Beyond 450 miles northeast of the state, pw values drop off below 1 inch. The 12Z' 18Z GFS and NAM show the higher moisture gradually diminishing tonight, and lower inversions redeveloping. Regional radars and rain gage reports show that shower activity has started to diminish, but remains pretty active with the greatest coverage across windward slopes. With the enhanced moisture and strong winds, scattered showers will affect leeward sections as well. The GFS holds onto the low-level moisture longer than the NAM and ECMWF. Based on the degree of drier air observed far upstream to the northeast, am inclined to agree with the drier nam' ecmwf solutions. Have nudged pops down a bit below normal starting Sunday night and continuing through the day on Tuesday. Another surge of moisture approaches the Big Island late Tuesday night. The extended models have been relatively consistent over the past few runs with this next batch of moisture, but both the GFS and ECMWF have started trending slower with it. The 12Z GFS still shows pw values up near 2 inches around the Big Island. Forecast soundings show inversions weakening by the middle of next week as mid' upper level heights start to fall. Given the consistency in the last few GFS and ECMWF runs, have kept pops above normal through this period as well.
Surface pressures across the state have increased about 1mb over the past 24 hours, a sign of the tightening pressure gradient south of the subtropical high. The morning quikscat pass just brushed the eastern edge of the state, but still showed 25 knots of wind in the Alenuihaha channel and south of the Big Island. Many of the exposed land stations, such as South Point and Kahoolawe, also have sustained winds 20-25 kt with gusts to 30 kt. The current small craft advisory looks on track and no changes are planned. Winds are expected to remain near the current level through Monday before starting to diminish as the high weakens. A new small south will arrive late tonight' sunday, with a bump to the period on Sunday night. Another larger south swell will arrive late Tuesday night' wednesday, and may produce surf near the advisory level of 8 feet for south facing shores for Wednesday and Thursday. A rough, short period trade wind swell will continue for east facing shores. Even with fresh to strong trade winds across the state, surf along east facing shores will remain below advisory levels due to a limited fetch. The morning quikscat pass showed that the stronger winds only extend a couple hundred miles upstream of the state.
Recent pilot reports have been of generally light turbulence today. However, winds remain strong with 25-30 kts observed by the Kauai vad wind profile over the past hour. 23Z-00Z acars ascent soundings out of phnl also show 25-30 kts below the inversion. The aircraft soundings do show a rather weak and stretched out inversion, which may not focus the mountain waves enough to generate moderate turbulence. However, 18Z GFS forecast soundings show the inversion strengthening tonight. Therefore will continue the airmet for low-level mountain induced turbulence.
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