Blizzard Warning Issued on Hawaii: Big Island Faces Monster Snowfall
Sand, surf and … snow? That’s the picture in Hawaii Sunday as it was facing a massive storm. The big snows were predicted to hit Mauna Loa and Mauna Kea on the Big Island of Hawaii. The two volcanic mountains are each…
Sand, surf and … snow?
That’s the picture in Hawaii Sunday as it was facing a massive storm.
The big snows were predicted to hit Mauna Loa and Mauna Kea on the Big Island of Hawaii. The two volcanic mountains are each more than 13,000 feet above sea level.
As of early Sunday local time in Hawaii (the islands are in the Hawaii–Aleutian Time Zone, two hours behind Pacific Time), the National Weather Service was recording a temperature of 27 degrees at Manua Kea, with a wind whipping by at 51 miles per hour. Honolulu, meanwhile, was a balmy 67 degrees at the time.
Total snow accumulations of up to 12 inches or more was expected on Mauna Loa and Mauna Kea.
Sunday’s National Weather Service forecast indicated those predictions were on track.