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Thu Mar-16-06 11:34 PM
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winter storm warning for HAWAII - snow! --> |
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from NOAA:
'URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HONOLULU HI 339 PM HST THU MAR 16 2006
...SNOW WILL CONTINUE ON THE SUMMITS OF THE BIG ISLAND...
.BELOW FREEZING TEMPERATURES AND ABUNDANT MOISTURE WILL CONTINUE TO PRODUCE PERIODS OF HAZARDOUS WINTER WEATHER ON THE SUMMITS OF MAUNA KEA AND MAUNA LOA ON THE BIG ISLAND. ROAD CREWS REPORT THAT THE ROAD ABOVE 13000 FEET IS CLOSED AND COVERED WITH 6 INCHES OF SNOW AND ICE. ALTHOUGH OBSERVATIONS INDICATE THE SNOW HAS DIMINISHED THIS AFTERNOON...ADDITONAL PERIODS OF HEAVY SNOW ARE EXPECTED TO REDEVELOP THIS EVENING AND LAST THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING.
HIZ028-170945- /O.CON.PHFO.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-060318T0200Z/ BIG ISLAND SUMMITS- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...MAUNA LOA AND MAUNA KEA ABOVE 8000 FEET 339 PM HST THU MAR 16 2006
...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM HST FRIDAY...
A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM HST FRIDAY.
SNOW IS EXPECTED TO REDEVELOP ACROSS THE SUMMITS LATER THIS EVENING... PRODUCING ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATION OF AROUND 6 INCHES THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING. WINDS...ALTHOUGH DECREASING IN STRENGTH... WILL STILL LEAD TO SOME DRIFTING OF SNOW."
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Thu Mar-16-06 11:37 PM
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Thu Mar-16-06 11:37 PM
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2. hAWAII sKI cLUB GOING BONKERS WITH GLEEoops |
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Thu Mar-16-06 11:42 PM
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3. is this unusual? i thought the summits in hawaii always had snow? |
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at least some of them anyway?
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Fri Mar-17-06 01:54 AM
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13. I was wondering the same thing. Most peak's have snow most of the year. |
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Not sure... what the point of this is... but here is some popcorn so we can watch and find out.
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Thu Mar-16-06 11:42 PM
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4. Quick trade in your surf boards for snow boards. n.t. |
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Thu Mar-16-06 11:44 PM
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5. I'm on Mauna Loa right now. |
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Been raining for the past few days island wide. When it does that you know there will be snow up high.
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Thu Mar-16-06 11:52 PM
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6. Of course....my family is in Hawaii this week! |
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I haven't talked to my parents, but this figures. I'm sure my Dad is pissed.
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Thu Mar-16-06 11:52 PM
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Fri Mar-17-06 12:06 AM
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8. This is normal, snow on the peaks of Hawaii, neat but normal. |
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Fri Mar-17-06 12:13 AM
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9. Hot new skiing spots - Dubai and Hawaii?? |
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up is down right is left kahrayyyyyzeeeee:P
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Fri Mar-17-06 12:34 AM
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10. Surely you jest!!!!?? Amazing.... |
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Fri Mar-17-06 01:49 AM
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11. It makes ya wonder..... |
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we are certainly living in "interesting times", as the Chinese say....
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Fri Mar-17-06 01:54 AM
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12. Poli'ahu, the goddess of snow: Rare, but not uncommon |
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Pele
Hawaiian goddess of volcanic fire, personification of the female power of destruction.
Associated with Pele are the 4 snow covered peaks: Lilinoe,Waiau, Kahoupokane and Poliahu. Poliahu has an extensive story associated with Pele. Poliahu liked to play with mortals along the eastern peaks of the mountain Mauna Kea.
One day, it is said, Poliahu and her friends had come down from Mauna Kea to a grassy sloping hillside south of Hamakua for holua sledding. Pele loved he'eholua, the exhilarating race that took place on sleds with runners set only six inches apart. A narrow piece of matting attached to sticks lashed to the runners provided a place for the racer to rest his chest. A racer held the holua sled in his right hand as he ran pell-mell to the crest of the downhill track, hurled himself upon the sled, grabbing a hand-hold on the left side of the sled, as well, and then plummeting down-slope toward the ocean.On this day,
Pele appeared in the guise of a beautiful young woman and the unsuspecting Poliahu welcomed her to join in their sport. As the ground grew hotter and hotter, Poliahu realized the beautiful stranger was none other than Pele, her arch enemy. Pele called forth fire from the depths of Mauna Loa, sending fire fountains after Poliahu as the terrified goddess fled to the summit. Red hot lava licked at the edges of Poliahu's white mantle, but she grasped her robe and managed to escape.
Regaining her strength, she flung her white mantle over the mountain peak. The grounds trembled, fire licked the heavens, and the snow goddess unleashed snow from frozen clouds overhead. Pele sent rivers of lava down the hillside, which cooled and hardened so quickly it choked the yawning chasms that spewed the molten rock and drove the streams of lava underground into Kilauea and Mauna Loa, but not before the land masses that comprise Laupahoehoe and Onomea were formed.
From time to time, Pele continues to hurl fire and lava from Mauna Loa and Kilauea, but legend says that Poliahu always gains the upper hand in these battles. She and the other snow goddesses keep the mountain tops barren under their icy mantles, allowing melting streams to form the rivers that feed the fertile valleys and give the Hamakua Coast and North Kohala a green, misty surrealistic beauty. http://www.mythome.org/hawaiig.html
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