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Get the Kailua Kona, HI local weather forecast by the hour and the next 10 days. ... The last day of the 2024 Atlantic Hurricane Season is Nov. 30, but as we near that finishing line, the ...
Oahu and Kauai were forecast to get slightly weaker winds. The Big Island's east coast and southeastern corner were expected to get 4 to 8 inches (10 to 20 centimeters) of rain Saturday night ...
On Friday, Gilma is forecast to track north of Hawaii, unleashing heavy rain and gusty showers, according to AccuWeather. While its impacts will be limited, the system's rain bands could still ...
Hurricane Iniki (/ iː ˈ n iː k iː / ee-NEE-kee; Hawaiian: ʻiniki meaning "strong and piercing wind") was a hurricane that struck the island of Kauaʻi on September 11, 1992. It was the most powerful hurricane to strike Hawaiʻi in recorded history, and the only hurricane to directly affect the state during the 1992 Pacific hurricane season. [1]
The inversion is present 50 to 70 percent of the time; its height fluctuates from day to day, but it is usually between 5,000 and 7,000 feet (1,500 and 2,100 m). On trade wind days when the inversion is well defined, the clouds develop below these heights with only an occasional cloud top breaking through the inversion.
In preparation for the arrival of Douglas in Hawaii, Hurricane Watches were issued for Big Island and Maui on July 24. [33] By July 25, hurricane warnings were issued for Oahu and Kauai, while tropical storm warnings were issued for the Big Island and Maui, as Douglas' track forecast became more definitive. [34]
The steep cliffs of the mountain's flanks generate intense orographic lift, causing the moisture-laden air to rise rapidly – over 4,000 feet (1,200 m) in less than 0.5 miles (0.80 km) – This combined with the 'barrier' of the trade-wind inversion, serves to very efficiently squeeze almost all of the moisture out of the incoming clouds ...
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