This weekend we had a Blizzard Warning – for Hawaii. It was only for the high peaks (Mauna Kea and Mauna Loa) on the Big Island of Hawaii, but above 13,000 feet, it’s nasty. Snowfall could reach “12 or more” with winds of up to 100 mph. Of course, even wet heavy snow could drift significantly with winds that strong. There have been periods of zero visibility on the mountaintops.
Heavy rain continues to fall and their is now a State of Emergency for the islands. The NWS says there is the potential for “catastrophic flooding.
Also: The main airport on the island of Maui was without power Sunday night. Astronomical high tides and high surf pushed sand and debris onto Kamehameha Highway Sunday morning, near Kualoa Ranch and Oahu’s North Shor
Update: Saturday, the temperature at Honolulu never got about 70° – that’s a relatively cool day for them. Kilohana had 6.73″ of rain in 24 hours. Now that’s a heavy rain! At 5 pm Saturday Hawaii time, Mauna Kea reported a temperature of 28, zero visibility and a south wind at 55 mph – peak gust 83 mph. The wind chill there was 8°.
2nd Update: Sunday the temperature stayed in the 60s in Honolulu – pretty cool for them. They had only 0.12″ of rain, but more rain is on the way for them. Hilo had 1.48″, Molokai recorded 3.19″ and the highest total I saw Sunday evening was 6.54″ at Keaumo. Flood Warnings were issued for the Maui, Molokai and the Big Island of Hawaii.
There’s also a High Wind Warning (for the mountaintop areas), a Gale Warnings and Small Craft Warnings (for most of the island waters). There’s a Wind Advisory for the island of Kauai and a Flood Watch for most of the state. High surf is likely, with waves up to 14 feet possible.
Much of Hawaii has been on the dry side, especially the Big Island. Hilo received less than 40% of average rainfall in November. Kailua had only 12% of average rainfall in Hawaii. The wet pattern should stick around for at least a week.
Check out current Hawaii radar…current weather observations in Hawaii…rainfall reports (3.48″ already at Hanalei)…and the latest forecast discussion.
Honolulu had just 0.09″ of rain in the month of November. The average rainfall for November at Honolulu is 2.25″. For the year, Honolulu has had 10.14″ of rain. Average to date is 14.35″. During the month of November high temperatures varied from 80° to 88° and they were 0.2 deg. warmer than average.
This is a pic. of some snow on Mauna Loa Thursday Dec. 2, 2021. The main storm is yet to arrive. Wind chills in the teens – more snow here than in W. Michigan right now.
Only two states had Winter Weather Warnings in effect Thursday…Alaska and Hawaii.
Mauna Loa webcams…Mauna Kea webcams. Other Hawaii webcams.
There’s a Slight Risk of a severe thunderstorm this Sunday over much of Arkansas and smaller parts of 6 other states. The Marginal Risk comes up to SW Indiana and the General Thunderstorm risk includes all of Southern and part of Central Lower Michigan.
Typhoon Nyatoh in the Western Pacific reached maximum intensity at Category 4 and has all but dissipated as it has continued northeast, avoiding major land areas. Satellite loop of the storm. Also cyclone Jawad moved into India and has been dissipating.
Look at the unseasonably cold air that dominated Alaska during the month of November.
Also – EF2 tornado flips truck. Owl’s well that ends well. It could snow in Seattle. Another SpaceX rocket launch. Phoenix AZ reached 80 degrees 25 times in November…beating the old record of 24 days. Cool Kansas clouds. Florida sunset. EPS model showing warmer than average weather for December and early January. Looks like a mostly sunny winter in Florida. Record warm temperatures in Kazakhstan. Snow in France. Strange end to hurricane season. Last winter there were 37 avalanche-related deaths in the US, making it the deadliest avalanche season in a decade. Pyrenees snow. White rainbow. Thin crescent moon. Vermont snow. Night sky in early December. Unseasonably cold in Northern Europe. Unseasonable cold in Siberia. Cirrus clouds.
