Official forecasts start Mar. 19 Socal Apr. 9 but for now...

[kirk]

If you can get on an Alaskan Airline flight from San Jose to Maui Monday AM you can get here in time to sail what should be some really big wind. Contact Justin as he has places to stay and can set you up with equipment delivered to his place to sail there or more forgiving (big sandy beach) Kanaha.


http://www.hawaiiweathertoday.com/?page_id=20


"It’s Saturday as I begin writing the last section of this morning’s narrative. Trade winds remain active across the islands this morning. Looking at the strongest gusts around the state at around 6am, as usual the strongest gust was occurring at Maalaea Bay, Maui…with a 27 mph report. The rest of the state had much lighter winds. We should find light to moderately strong trade winds blowing in most areas. The big news will be the considerably stronger trade winds arriving between Monday and Wednesday coming up. I would anticipate that wind speeds will be active in the 15-30 mph range in general, although with gusts in those windiest areas topping 40 mph…and perhaps edging up towards 50 mph. These are the kinds of winds that require some battening down of the hatches, in terms of securing lawn furniture and things like that. Dust will be flying around, the coconut palm trees will be leaning over, and the surface of the ocean will be filled with extensive white caps."

Our trade winds continue blowing Sunday…which will gradually become stronger and gusty now through mid-week. Already our trade winds are beginning to increase in strength…a little earlier than previously throught. As these trades pick up, we may very well see wind advisories going up here and there over the islands…and even gale warnings in the major channels around Maui and the Big Island for a few days. This will of course be in addition to small craft wind advisories across all Hawaiian coastal waters…which have already gone up in the marine zones south of Oahu down to the Big Island Sunday morning. The models go on to show a cold front passing by to our north later in the week, which should work to mellow-out the strong winds a little after mid-week. The newest computer model output now shows that the strong and gusty trade winds may return again next weekend into the following new week.

I may take pictures if its hitting 50!