Trade Winds Return .... Kind of

Trade winds returned to Maui last night, but as anyone who watched the Hula Bowl on TV today should have seen, they were pretty light. Watching from my wind monitoring station in Pukalani, the highest wind I found was about 15 at Kanaha, but most of the time it was in the 8 - 10 range. I couldn't even see whitecaps on the water through my binoculars and I only saw one kite. All that wasn't enough to even tempt me down to take a look. Winds are forecast to turn SE tomorrow and Monday and trades are supposed to return on Tuesday, though I suspect they will still be pretty light.