For the second time in two weeks, the National Weather Service has issued blizzard warnings in what might, at first glance, seem to be among the least likely places for such an alert: Hawaii. The warnings were issued Friday, and continued until 6 p.m. HST on Saturday, for the upper reaches of Mauna Kea and Mauna Loa, two volcanic peaks that each rise above 11,000 feet
As of 4 a.m. HST Saturday, the summit of Mauna Kea was reporting an air temperature of 30 degrees Fahrenheit, with winds gusting to 64 miles per hour, yielding a wind chill index of just 12 degrees Fahrenheit. The warning is for heavy snow with zero visibility, and snow totals of about 1 foot in addition to "much higher drifts." A cold front sweeping across the Hawaiian Islands this weekend is triggering waves of heavy precipitation and high winds, including thunderstorms; the precipitation is falling in the form of snow at higher elevations. Read more...
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