Drought conditions here in Puna.

[kalakoa]

Exactly. Destroying a complex system faster than we can understand it. The "1%" don't care (everyone will be dead by then, or something).

The only hope is to get off this rock.

[PunaMauka2]

so... who are we going to take more seriously? EightFingers ironically talking about dangerous heavy equipment and completely denying the possibility of human influenced climate change..

...or the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change’s (IPCC) Fifth Assessment Report involving hundreds of peer-reviewed climate scientists from around the world concluding with 95% certainty that:

"the human influence on the climate system is clear and is evident from the increasing greenhouse gas concentrations in the atmosphere, positive radiative forcing, observed warming, and understanding of the climate system."

or it could all be a U.N. conspiracy plot?


ok, back to local...

[TomK]

"lol, but then again if you preach logic in Puna, you may be an outcast"

bananahead - I don't always agree with your posts, but what a wonderful comment! You must be an outcast.

[EightFingers]

...so... who are we going to take more seriously? EightFingers ironically talking about dangerous heavy equipment and completely denying the possibility of human influenced climate change..

I suggest doing some research and everyone come up with your own conclusions. I think Rob is not going to allow me to belabor this point much longer. But, try Googling climate data falsified or similar. There's a lot of reading.

[snorkle]

Try googling; "sites that agree with my point of view".

[lavalava]

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Originally posted by snorkle

Try googling; "sites that agree with my point of view".

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[Kenney]

This is the first cool, rainy morning I can remember since before Iselle. More please.

[Kapohocat]

From NOAA page through end of August -

- HILO AIRPORT 81.11 INCHES (101 PERCENT OF NORMAL)

http://www.cpc.ncep.noaa.gov/products/pr...xhw40.html

NOAA long range forecast does suggest higher temps and less rain for OND2014.

[rbonplaza]

Great link! Thanks, Cat. End of August total for Orchidland, 650 ft elev.: 95 inches.

[rbonplaza]

This is the first cool, rainy morning I can remember since before Iselle. More please.

Your wish may come true:

Hawaii needs to pay attention to tropical disturbance 95C
In the Central Pacific, an area of disturbed weather (Invest 95C) located about 1000 miles east-southeast of the Big Island of Hawaii on Monday morning is headed west-northwest at 10 mph towards Hawaii. Satellite loops show that 95C is well-organized with an increasing amount of heavy thunderstorm activity. The 8 am EDT Monday run of the SHIPS model predicted that wind shear would be low, 5 - 10 knots, and ocean temperature would be warm, 27 - 28.5°C (81 - 83°F) for the next five days along 95C's path, but that the atmosphere would dry considerably. These conditions favor development. In their 8 am EDT Monday Tropical Weather Outlook, the Central Pacific Hurricane Center gave 95C 2-day odds of development of 80%. Our top two models for predicting hurricane tracks, the GFS and European models, both show 95C passing very close to the Big Island of Hawaii on Saturday, and it is possible that the island could experience tropical storm conditions for the second time this year.