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Nov. 24—UPDATE: 8:30 a.m. The earlier wind advisory has been expanded to include all Hawaiian islands and extended through 6 a.m. Friday. Northeast winds of up to 15 to 35 mph, with localized ...
Jul. 2—The National Weather Service has issued a wind advisory for Hawaii island, Maui, Lanai, and Kahoolawe, effective until 6 p.m. today. NWS says east winds of 20 to 30 mph, with localized ...
Mar. 5—The National Weather Service has issued a wind advisory for portions of Maui County and Hawaii island, effective until 6 p.m. today. Forecasters say northeast winds of 20 to 30 mph, with ...
Wind data in particular supports the USGS assertion that hurricane damage has been low on all islands except for Kauai. Data collected by the Western Regional Climate Center show no hurricane-strength winds on any Hawaii Islands with the exception of Kauai. [56] Despite this data, FEMA classified all of Hawaii as being in a "Wind-Borne Debris ...
[1]: 2 [2] In 2012, Hawaii generated 367 million kWh from wind power. [3] Hawaii began research into wind power in the mid-1980s with a 340 kW turbine on Maui, and the 2.3MW Lalamilo Wells wind farm on Oahu and the 9MW Kamaoa wind farm on the Big Island of Hawaii . [4] The MOD-5B, a 3.2MW wind turbine, on Oahu was the largest in the world in ...
A wind atlas contains data on the wind speed and wind direction in a region. [1] These data include maps , but also time series or frequency distributions . A climatological wind atlas covers hourly averages at a standard height (10 meters) over even longer periods (30 years) but depending on the application there are variations in averaging ...
Dec. 13—A high surf advisory remains in place for the north- and west-facing shores of most isles, effective until 6 a.m. Thursday due to a large, north-northwest swell. The National Weather ...
Screenshot of the Global Wind Atlas website (version 2.2) The Global Wind Atlas is a web-based application developed to help policymakers and investors identify potential high-wind areas for wind power generation virtually anywhere in the world, and perform preliminary calculations. It provides free access to data on wind power density and wind ...