West Maui Mountains

Looking at the West Maui Mountains over the last few days can pretty much summarize the weather here. Usually, in a trade wind pattern, the north side of the these mountains have clouds bumping into them, obscuring the tops and keeping much of Wailuku in shadows. However, when the overall weather pattern reverses and we get a south or southwest flow, we actually get to see what the tops of these mountains look like. As today dawns, we're getting a good view of this for a third day in a row. Beautiful warm weather - great for sitting on a beach, snorkeling, golf. But not for windsurfing.

South winds picked up for a little bit yesterday at Kihei, maybe enough for forumula gear, but that's pretty much what the wind has been limited to. Looks like light wind for several more days, with the next chance of wind on Thursday as a cold front approaches.