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Get the Kailua Kona, HI local weather forecast by the hour and the next 10 days. ... The eruption of one the world’s most active volcanoes continues to captivate onlookers on Hawaii’s Big ...
Get the Kailua Kona, HI local weather forecast by the hour and the next 10 days.
A Kona storm is going to push ... in addition to the threat of heavy snow over the Big Island summits. The National Weather Service has issued winter weather alerts, forecasting from 4 to 8 inches ...
High surf from the storm caused extensive damage, particularly along the Kona coast of the Big Island, where the towns of Kailua-Kona and Puako received extensive damage. [10] Winds from the storm averaged around 40-50 mph on the open ocean, but varied tremendously on land due to unique geographic features.
The name comes from winds out of the "kona" or usually leeward direction. Rainfall in a well-developed Kona storm is widespread and more prolonged than in the usual cold-front storm. Kona storm rains are usually most intense in an arc, extending from south to east of the storm and well in advance of its center.
On the "Big Island" of Hawaiʻi, Mauna Kea is considered the second-highest island mountain in the world. While the summit is often covered with snow, the air is extremely dry. [3] Kuiper began looking into the possibility of an observatory on Mauna Kea. After testing, he discovered the low humidity was perfect for infrared signals.
This image of the central Pacific Ocean, with Hawaii near the middle, shows a vast area of stormy conditions on Friday, Dec. 1, 2023. (AccuWeather Enhanced RealView™ Satellite) Trouble is ...
Hurricane Iselle was the strongest tropical cyclone to make landfall on the island of Hawaii in recorded history. The tenth named storm, fifth hurricane, and fourth major hurricane of the 2014 hurricane season, Iselle developed from an area of disturbed weather southwest of Mexico on July 31, 2014.