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On windward coasts, many brief showers are common, not one of which is heavy enough to produce more than 0.01 in (0.25 mm) of rain. The usual run of trade wind weather yields many light showers in the lowlands, whereas torrential rains are associated with a sudden surge in the trade winds or with a major storm.
At about the same time the poet Sadakichi Hartmann was publishing original English-language hokku, as well as other Japanese forms in both English and French. Scholar Richard Iadonisi writes in his article, "I Am Nobody" that novelist Richard Wright is considered, "the first noteworthy American minority writer" to produce haiku. [ 48 ]
A sunshower is usually a result of winds associated with a rain storm sometimes miles away, blowing the airborne raindrops into an area where there are no clouds. Sometimes a sunshower is created when a single rain shower cloud passes overhead, and the Sun's angle keeps the sunlight from being obstructed by overhead clouds.
This photo provided by Kauai County, Hawaii, shows the flooded Wailua River area near Smith’s Tropical Paradise, in Kauai County, Hawaii, Friday, April 12, 2024, when heavy rainfall caused flooding.
[2] [3] Traditionally, if the weather does turn out well, a libation of holy sake is poured over them, and they are washed away in the river. [ 4 ] [ 5 ] [ full citation needed ] In particular, teru teru bōzu charms are popular among Japanese children, who are introduced to the charms in kindergarten or daycare through a famous warabe uta ...
The cyclone events for Hawaii can be long-lived, affecting the state for a week or more. [7] Kona lows produce a wide range of weather hazards for Hawaii. Among them are heavy rain, hailstorms, flash floods and their associated landslides, high winds which result in large surf and swells, waterspouts, and heavy snows on the higher mountains. [8]
A tropical storm is expected to deliver strong winds and heavy rain to Hawaii this weekend, particularly to the Big Island and Maui, as it passes south of the island chain. The National Weather ...
What the eye does not see (the heart does not grieve over) When in Rome, (do as the Romans do). St. Ambrose, 347 AD [34] Whatever floats your boat; When it rains it pours; When life gives you lemons, make lemonade [35] When the cat is away, the mice will play; When the going gets tough, the tough get going