11-30-2016, 12:59 PM
When the norm is 83...or so 68 is freaking cold.
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Blizzard Watch for the Big Island of Hawaii
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11-30-2016, 01:08 PM
"Your forecast is for Bradshaw a lot lower in altitude not Mauna Kea at the top. More than a foot of snow is still forecast for the top if you look at Ino's site"
1) It's not my forecast, it's the national weather service. 2) The forecast is for Mauna Kea, the "current conditions" is from Bradshaw. 3) Here is the update from NWS for the summit: Winter Storm Watch URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HONOLULU HI 402 PM HST WED NOV 30 2016 ...WINTER STORM WATCH FOR BIG ISLAND SUMMITS FROM THURSDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH FRIDAY... .AN UPPER LEVEL LOW MOVING OVER THE AREA WILL LOWER FREEZING LEVELS AND DESTABILIZE THE ATMOSPHERE. A SURGE OF MOISTURE MOVING IN FROM THE SOUTHEAST COULD LEAD TO BURSTS OF HEAVY SNOW ACROSS THE BIG ISLAND SUMMITS ABOVE 12000 FEET. HIZ028-011015- /O.NEW.PHFO.WS.A.0001.161201T2200Z-161203T0400Z/ BIG ISLAND SUMMITS- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...MAUNA LOA AND MAUNA KEA ABOVE 8000 FEET 402 PM HST WED NOV 30 2016 ...WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOON... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HONOLULU HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOON. * TIMING...THURSDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH FRIDAY. * MAIN IMPACT...HEAVY SNOW WITH ACCUMULATIONS IN EXCESS OF 6 INCHES POSSIBLE. * OTHER IMPACTS...ICY BUILDUP ON ROADWAYS POSSIBLE DUE TO FREEZING FOG. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT SNOW...SLEET...OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL. CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS. 
11-30-2016, 07:50 PM
It's currently snowing at the summit of MK, although I don't think it's too heavy. The roads up there have ice on them, and summit crews have evacuated as conditions are unsafe. Not sure if we'll get a view of the summit on Wednesday from sea-level, but there may be a sprinkling of snow.
More significant snowfall is expected later in the week although the expected amount has been toned down a little. As you might expect, the road to the summit is currently closed just above the VIS. 
12-01-2016, 05:33 AM
There is snow on the summits of both Mauna Loa & Mauna Kea & the MLO web cams have snow!
The link for the Mauna Kea Mauna Loa web (currently snow) cams is: http://mkwc.ifa.hawaii.edu/current/cams/...mode=multi
12-01-2016, 01:17 PM
Blizzard Hits Hawaii
Cool pic of snow on top of Mauna Loa- IMO looks like 3 inches or more; http://hvo.wr.usgs.gov/cams/panorama.php?cam=MLcam Mauna Kea cams; http://mkwc.ifa.hawaii.edu/current/cams/ For 24 hour rainfall totals; http://mkwc.ifa.hawaii.edu/rainfall/?domain=hawaii Hover over the circles for details. The heaviest precipitation bands have mostly stayed offshore this afternoon. They’re still getting winds around 30 mph up on Mauna Kea so any snow that does fall this evening will be blown around quite a bit. Blizzard conditions are still possible this evening and tomorrow morning and possibly tomorrow afternoon/evening, after that the Low will move North and clear the area. Another plunging cold pocket will move over us from the NW Sunday night into Monday. Winds will howl and blizzard conditions will be possible once again. There will be a warm air response early next week and Freezing Level will rise but still close enough to freezing to bring the high peaks more snow late this weekend and next week. We have probably reached the coldest Freezing Level (FL) over us for now, as measured by balloon from Hilo’s data collection station; 84% humidity at 12.1 thousand feet at 2 pm HST; http://forecast.weather.gov/product.php?site=NWS&product=FZL&issuedby=ITO&format=TXT&version=1&glossary=0 Next week comes the warm air response. Even though FL will go up above the elevations of the peaks, it will be close enough to still bring snow at times. Long term conditions continue to look very good for an unusually heavy snow year for our peaks- Mauna Kea-White Mountain will live up to it’s name. Cold air masses moving South will be supported rather than dissipated by all the cold water in the North Central Pacific; http://www.ospo.noaa.gov/data/sst/anomal...1.2016.gif Enjoy the views!
12-01-2016, 05:11 PM
"Enjoy the views!"
Once the clouds lift, and it may be a while, the view should be pretty good! The snow line is currently down around the 11,000 ft level. The MKSS snow clearing crew did actually manage to make it to the summit area today, but the road immediately iced over and became covered in snow again. At around 2pm they evacuated as conditions became treacherous. The observatory webcams have had a hard time getting decent views as conditions are so poor they either ice over or can't see much in the blizzard-like conditions. I managed to catch a quick shot from the UKIRT webcam this evening at around sunset. It isn't great, but gives an impression of the conditions and how much drifting there is: https://goo.gl/QGsShs The summit access road is currently closed to everyone jut above the VIS.
12-02-2016, 10:03 PM
There are some nice webcam shots of the snow on Mauna Kea by Kecks's Andrew Cooper:
http://darkerview.com/wordpress/?p=20584
12-03-2016, 07:01 PM
The stunning Mauna Kea, draped in snow...We caught a glimpse of Mauna Kea today, and what a sight!
Instantly, this song came to mind, "The Snows of Mauna Kea", performed by Jay Larrin: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N-WMXNSfuJY How blessed we are...Pele flowing freely in Puna (lava), Poliahu gracing us with her presence (snow), and Lono for the past few days (god of rain, & more). [  ]Mahalo ke Akua, e na Aumakua, e na Kupuna. JMO. ETA: Mahalo, Mr. Tom for the link. Merry Christmas!
12-03-2016, 07:25 PM
Although Mauna Kea gets snow every year, this particular storm, or series of storms, is making news around the world! Just some examples:
http://www.latimes.com/nation/la-na-hawa...story.html http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-...-snow.html http://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-38199730 |
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