Drought?

[maud gonne]

I've been on the mainland for 5 weeks, and I'm wondering whether there are drought conditions in Puna. Either "official" or anecdotal information would be appreciated.

[glassnumbers]

I know exactly two people on the big island, lol, and one of them said that when california doesn't have rain, Hawai'i does. Ever since those heavy rain storms that happened a few months back, there has not been a single day of rain here in cali. So, I'm curious too about the rain conditions to confirm if my source is right.

Aloha

[PaulW]

It's different everywhere but the rain news in the Tribune Herald had us way under normal in March and it's happening again in April - I think less than 10% of the normal rainfall so far. It's not completely bone dry where I am, we get a little rain every few days.

[leo]

I remembered someone posting about the upcoming droughts. Here it is:


Ino posted under Blizzard Warning thread Page 7

Posted - 03/08/2017

Most if not all of climate models are showing a drought in Puna that started in Feb. 2017 lasting until Oct. /Nov.2017
http://tinyurl.com/jdyzpel

This is weekly- click on Climate upper right for monthly and to see other models.

As for severity, expected rainfall for Hilo;
Feb. 2017 normal is 9.56 we received 6.15 inches
March 2017 normal is 13.43 inches we’ll be lucky if we get 2 inches although the thunderstorm risk the next few days could change this quick. After this event no significant rainfall (1 inch or more) threat here until April 7-15.
April 2017 normal is 11.54 expect half of that 6 inches.
May 2017 normal is 8.12 expect 2 inches

That’s 10 inches in 3 months- not a drought in most places but that’s dry for here.

You need convection to get significant rains here and with only one major episode in April peaking around April 15th,we should be in an obvious drought by then.

This model shows our next shot at convection will be around the 9th of April lasting to about the 16th;
https://weatherandvines.com/meteorology/showhoriz.php
Use arrow keys to advance or reverse. As a model, it’s more accurate now less so as you move out in time. Look for trends.

Catching more water is a good idea!

Long answer about what’s going to cause this drought;
Presently a Rex block;
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Block_(meteorology)

[Kapoho Joe]

I don't remember a drier March. April is following suit. Time to buy a catchment truck!

[Kenney]

MG , welcome home.
Where we are it's dry and has been dry for months. IMO, it's a draught. We .keep having to empty the tank to save the plants, and the lawn is still dead, never mind baths and doing the wash.
Oh well, what better place to conserve water? It's still Paradise.

[ukuleleman]

This is our 4th year here and it is by far the driest we've seen it this time of year. We have a 20K gallon catchment tank (Pahoa-Kapoho area) and we've had the water truck here 3 times since February. Usually it's running out the overflow right now. We do have a larger family, but yeah it's been extremely dry. Like Kenney, I'm not complaining though. It's been gorgeous out.

[PrismaticMenehune]

Drought info:

http://droughtmonitor.unl.edu/Home/State...or.aspx?HI

[leilaniguy]

It poured this morning.

[alaskyn66]

quote:

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Originally posted by Kapoho Joe

Time to buy a catchment truck!

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Tanker trucks might be the newest job boom.