THUNDER and lightning

[Carey]

Dave, NOAA is changing formats, the new Short Wave IR2 loop for Hawaii is
http://www.ssd.noaa.gov/goes/west/hi/loop-ir2.html
the Water Vapor IR3 Loop is
http://www.ssd.noaa.gov/goes/west/hi/loop-wv.html
the Visible Imagery loop is
http://www.ssd.noaa.gov/goes/west/hi/loop-vis.html
and the old GOES channel 4 Central Pacific loop is
http://www.ssd.noaa.gov/PS/TROP/DATA/RT/...-loop.html
I do not know if they have any close range dobbler, what with the mountains so close to the airports (most of the dobbler systems I know of are close to and in association with an airport. Maybe someone else knows this for sure.
Aloha, Carey
ADDED TO LIST - Doppler radar from KITV:
http://www.thehawaiichannel.com/wxmap/45...etail.html



Edited by - Carey on 10/19/2006 21:25:06

[Robin C]

Here we go again...

The thunder sounds right on top of Volcano. My pup is NOT happy. So, I get thunder and barking. Fun night ahead.

Hope everyone who had leaks got them patched.

Robin

[Les C]

Does anyone know of a website that might have current and recent rainfall totals for different Puna localities? I'm specifically looking for Volcano Village stats (not the golf course). I grew up in relatively dry Honolulu and the rains that we just had and the ones in this past spring are way beyond my experience. I've heard that these have not been very typical storms. So, I'm curious about the amount that fell in the storm soon after Sunday's earthquake and in the last 24 hours. I am aware of the NOAA hydrology pages
http://www.prh.noaa.gov/hnl/pages/hydrology.php
but their totals only go as far south on the east side as Pahoa, Mtn. View, and Glenwood but not for Volcano Village. Isn't there a service that relies on citizen participants for some weather info?

I'm planning to set up my own rain gauge, and it's looking like one that registers 10 or more inches might be appropriate.

I think I found my own answer at the Hawaii hydrology website. I think the link to the Daily Hawai'i Cooperative reports might be the volunteer information results. These are called uncertified reports. The closest reading appears to be at the NP. It looks like Glenwood got the most rainfall for a 24 hr period ending at 11:30a on 10/20: 9.45 in. From the official readings from automated raingauges that have not been quality controlled, for the same period, the reading was 6.03 in. Microclimates?

Les

Edited by - Les C on 10/20/2006 14:04:59

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Edited by - Les C on 10/20/2006 14:25:17

[Carey]

Les, one of the problems with the automated tipping bucket guages is that on super heavy downpours, some of the models do get overloaded & slosh out some of the rainfall(probalbly there is a technical word for this, sloshing probably is not it)
But it can also be the difference in one side of the street here...
Aloha, Carey

[Robin C]

Hi, Les.

My gauge showed 5.1 inches Monday and 2.6 inches Thursday.
I measure 7 am to 7 am. so "Monday" is Monday 7am to Tuesday 7 am.

I go low tech and just empty the gauge a few times a day and add up the measurement when we are getting a lot of rain.

Robin