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Ed Mahmoud

HAWAII BLIZZARD NOT QUITE DISASTER!!!

#1 Postby Ed Mahmoud » Fri Dec 07, 2007 12:22 am

HAWAII BLIZZARD DISASTER!!!


If you're camping, for some reason, on the summit of the volcanoes on the Big Islands.


URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HONOLULU HI
1102 AM HST THU DEC 6 2007

HIZ028-071015-
/O.EXT.PHFO.BZ.W.0001.000000T0000Z-071207T2200Z/
BIG ISLAND SUMMITS-
INCLUDING THE CITY OF...MAUNA LOA AND MAUNA KEA ABOVE 8000 FEET
1102 AM HST THU DEC 6 2007

...BLIZZARD WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 12 PM HST FRIDAY...

THE BLIZZARD WARNING FOR THE BIG ISLAND SUMMITS IS EXTENDED UNTIL
12 PM HST FRIDAY.

SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 6 INCHES OR MORE ARE LIKELY...WITH SIGNIFICANT
DRIFTING SNOW. TEMPERATURES WILL REMAIN AT OR BELOW FREEZING WITH
WIND CHILLS IN THE TEENS AND LOWER 20S.

TRAVEL TO THE SUMMITS IS NOT RECOMMENDED.

A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS THAT BLIZZARD CONDITIONS ARE IMMINENT OR
ALREADY OCCURRING.

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Re: HAWAII BLIZZARD NOT QUITE DISASTER!!!

#3 Postby Ed Mahmoud » Fri Dec 07, 2007 12:35 am

The flash flooding has been pretty bad per NWS statements, however.


I have consumed large quantities of adult beverages in Oahu back when my boss was Ronald Reagan.
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Re: HAWAII BLIZZARD NOT QUITE DISASTER!!!

#4 Postby Ed Mahmoud » Fri Dec 07, 2007 8:11 am

Rain winding down, but still flood warnings for Maui.


Regional radar loop
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Re: HAWAII BLIZZARD NOT QUITE DISASTER!!!

#5 Postby HURAKAN » Fri Dec 07, 2007 2:54 pm

LOOP

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Nice circulation.
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Re: HAWAII BLIZZARD NOT QUITE DISASTER!!!

#6 Postby Squarethecircle » Fri Dec 07, 2007 5:40 pm

HURAKAN wrote:LOOP

Image

Nice circulation.


:eek: :eek: :eek:

That's insane. But still, very awesome.
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Re: HAWAII BLIZZARD NOT QUITE DISASTER!!!

#7 Postby Ed Mahmoud » Fri Dec 07, 2007 10:51 pm

Squarethecircle wrote:
HURAKAN wrote:LOOP

Image

Nice circulation.


:eek: :eek: :eek:

That's insane. But still, very awesome.



Well, the cold air strato-cu messes it up just a little, but it almost looks like a sheared TC.
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