Mauna Kea Cameras & Weather
Mauna Kea Cameras
Mauna Kea may be the most connected mountaintop on earth. Our array of web cameras is probably the most complete of any mountain. We use these images to understand better the weather and cloud conditions on the mountain. Many mahalo's to the observatories for making available these useful and frequently beautiful images.
Mauna Kea Weather Center web cam page
Joint Astronomy Centre
UKIRT (SW view)
JCMT (all directions inside and out)
Canada France Hawaii
looks towards Gemini North observatory
Gemini North
camera looks towards CFHT
All Sky Camera
Looks 360 degrees at the sky
Weather instruments on Mauna Kea
Note: these instruments are all subject to localized influences of domes and mountain slopes and usually will not reflect true ground level conditions.
CFHT - highly exaggerated wind speed from an elevated tower compressed between two domes
UKIRT - weather log (graphical) ****
JCMT - very accurate weather and wind
Hawaiian Forecast Information
Mauna Kea Weather Center***** (increasingly accurate forecast)
US Weather service office (Honolulu)***
UH Hawaii weather page (the best weather page on the net)*****
GOES satellite image server (excellent space images)****