Despite predictions for continued light winds yesterday and today, Maui pulled off some magic and delivered us from our weeks-long wind famine the last two days. The trick I think was the clearing of the clouds allowing the island interior to get hot and baked and draw in a bit of an extra thermal boost [...]
If you’ve been following my tweets you know that we’re still in a stagnant, no wind weather pattern here on Maui. Today’s been a little different with total cloud cover and lots of rain in areas, especially upcountry. More of the same stagnant, calm conditions through the weekend, but the latest forecast updates are showing [...]
From Friday’s National Weather Service Hawaiian Surf Forecast:
“The jet stream has repetitively kept a trough or a eddy just north of Hawaii in recent weeks, keeping above average number of days of small to moderate surf and below average number of days of moderate or stronger trades for late spring. More of the same is [...]
Still no wind here on Maui, but there is some good news for when the wind does return. MauiWindCam.com has just gone live today with their new HD Kanaha Cam. Living streaming video of Kanaha. Sweet! Now all you desk slaves around the world can watch as we sail here on Maui (or as we [...]
After a few days of decent wind last weekend and early last week, trade winds pulled a disappearing act again after last Wednesday. Calm and flat – great conditions for snorkeling or diving maybe but not what we expect as windsurfers this time of year on Maui. You’d think the PWA had come to town [...]
As mentioned last post, we’ve finally got some decent wind the last few days. Here’s the rundown for the last few days.
Saturday: Pretty good wind – 5.3 early, but the wind slackened as the day wore on. Flat, flat, flat.
Sunday: Still windy with average around 20. Flat conditions and Mother’s Day crowds kept me from [...]
Finally got some decent wind yesterday after weeks of light or no wind. Funny thing is that the forecast for yesterday was originally calling for single digit wind speeds. With the vog clearing though, sunny skies had a chance to heat up the valley boosting the thermal effect and letting Maui work its magic. By [...]
More bad windsurfing news from Maui. April closed out with more pathetically light winds and May has kicked off with the same. Overall weather is sunny and beautiful but the wind is virtually non-existant. Worst April I’ve personally seen for wind on Maui.
The long range forecast discussion this morning from the National Weather Service reported:
“THE [...]
