Many of the beautiful cloudscapes in this blog were photographed by my talented daughter, 6, 2020 What’s in the cumulus clouds above Puamana in Lahaina: a baby piggy-back riding a duck? What do you see in the skies above Hawaii? Send me your pix! Molokai: most days in Hawaii, we have puffy, white cumulus clouds indicating no rain in sight! The fact there is not a flat bottom on these clouds means no trade winds. More cloud observation - anvil-shaped cumulonimbus are common when the cumulus rises up high like this and can’t rise any farther - they flatten out on top… rain is probably on the way. High, wispy cirrus clouds, made of freezing droplets over Kahului with fluffy cumulus clouds lower to the ground.Ībove a combination of cirrocumulus and fast-moving cirrus clouds. It’s rare to see Molokai clear of clouds like this as the Pailolo channel usually gets hits by the trade winds going East to West. More storm clouds over Lanai - a mixture of cumulonimbus and nimbostratus. Nimbostratus are rain clouds that stretch across the skyĪbove: a dramatic nimbostratus and cumulonimbus cloudscape. Sunrise over Haleakala with layers of stratus clouds…looks gloomy but it won’t rain.Ĭool shaped cumulonimbus rain-cloud cloud formations over Lanai - near the ground, cumulonimbus have sharper edges due to the winds, as they get higher, they get wispier at the edges. When the mountains are clear of clouds, and my hair gets frizzy, I know a storm is coming! Things smell different, and the weather almost feels heavy when there is high humidity and a low pressure system… Above: Ho’okipa with Kahakuloa and Molokai in the distance. Above a Cirrocumulus Mackerel Sky. There are various kinds of “Mackerel Sky.” My dad called this “variables,” indicating the weather is changing substantially.īeautiful altocumulus mackerel sky patterns in Kahului above the West Maui mountains means the weather will be improving. Higher up, there is the sunshine and cirrocumulus clouds…Ĭirrocumulus are beautiful and rare clouds - high up in the sky like a honeycomb… an indicator that the winds are shifting direction and the weather will be getting cooler. Nimbus clouds are low-level clouds that bear rain. Weather conditions change so rapidly in Hawai you often see interesting patterns like these.Ībove: rain falls on Lanai under these cumulonimbus clouds.
Check out my last blog on that subject.Ībove in the Auau Channel between Lanai and Maui: a contradictory combination of fluffy cumulonimbus clouds - the flat bottom indicating trade winds - along with a straight line of pink clouds, meaning the sky is calm. My dad used to point at clouds and predict the weather that way, long before the internet… Cloud shapes are usually a good indication of what’s happening with the conditions. There are so many different words for “cloud” in the Hawaiian language, and you will understand why when you look up in the sky and try to describe the different cloudscapes. Clouds are formed when water evaporates and warm and cool air mixes, so needless to say, it is very rare to have cloudless days in Hawaii.īeautiful cloud formations occur during the winter months in Hawaii. Maui What Do The Clouds Above Hawaii Tell Us?
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