metalicwx366 Posted August 25, 2018 Share Posted August 25, 2018 1 hour ago, qg_omega said: Outside of the flooding rains on the big island which was well modeled, this was an historic bust Lol they just gave the all clear here. Now everyone is returning all their water and other supplies they bought. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LongBeachSurfFreak Posted August 25, 2018 Share Posted August 25, 2018 2 hours ago, NJwx85 said: It’s called vertical wind shear, not just moderate shear, but borderline strong. This isn’t that unusual at all. Especially when higher terrain comes into play. We’ve seen this before as storms interact with Hispanolia and Cuba. No doubt the higher terrain on the big island accelerated the process. Things are slowly coming back to normal here. Most of the resort services are reopening today and we’re hopeful that the rain stays on the Windward side allowing us to salvage the afternoon at the pool. Right now it’s cloudy, but it clearly rained some overnight as the ground and trees are wet. The wind has decreased to a stiff breeze and the only damage I’ve seen has been to palm trees. The extreme rainfall on the big island is the main story, and Maui and surrounding islands still received impacts. As far as Oahu is concerned, the impacts here have been minimal and many people are feeling as though this was a huge bust. Glad everything worked out. I got ripped for saying this would be palm fronds down and Isolated major flooding ... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NJwx85 Posted August 25, 2018 Author Share Posted August 25, 2018 18 minutes ago, LongBeachSurfFreak said: Glad everything worked out. I got ripped for saying this would be palm fronds down and Isolated major flooding ... I wouldn’t exactly call what’s occurring on the big island isolated. Maui got smacked pretty hard too, and they had a raging wildfire in the resort area yesterday fueled by the high winds. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
uofmiami Posted August 25, 2018 Share Posted August 25, 2018 1 hour ago, NJwx85 said: I wouldn’t exactly call what’s occurring on the big island isolated. Maui got smacked pretty hard too, and they had a raging wildfire in the resort area yesterday fueled by the high winds. Maui has a lot of wildfires on the west Maui mountains. Usually they aren’t in populated areas like the one is Lahaina was. Besides some mudslides on road to Hana, Maui got brushed. The big island took the brunt of the rainfall from Lane, as winds never materialized for the warned areas thankfully. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LongBeachSurfFreak Posted August 26, 2018 Share Posted August 26, 2018 15 hours ago, uofmiami said: Maui has a lot of wildfires on the west Maui mountains. Usually they aren’t in populated areas like the one is Lahaina was. Besides some mudslides on road to Hana, Maui got brushed. The big island took the brunt of the rainfall from Lane, as winds never materialized for the warned areas thankfully. The flooding that did occur happened for the usual suspects. In the windward upslope rain forests. Since those areas are incredibly wet to begin with they tend to be sparsely populated. You can go from an area that sees rain 300+ days a year to an area that sees rain a few days a year in a relatively quick drive in Hawaii. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bluewave Posted August 26, 2018 Share Posted August 26, 2018 NOHW40 PHFO 261459 PNSHFO HIZ001>028-270300- Public Information Statement National Weather Service Honolulu HI 459 AM HST Sun Aug 26 2018 ...EXTREME RAINFALL AMOUNTS FROM LANE OVER THE BIG ISLAND... Rain bands associated with Lane have produced torrential rainfall over the Big Island's slopes from Hawi on the north side of the island to Naalehu on the south side. Significant flash flooding has occurred in multiple areas across the northeast and east facing slopes of the island. Several evacuations occurred, with water rescues taking place at Kaiulani Street in Hilo and also in the town of Keaau. As usual during heavy rainfall events, the Bayfront area was inundated by the overflow of Alenaio Stream. Highway 19 was closed in multiple locations due to landslides and flooding. Akoni Pule Highway was closed by a landslide near Halawa Gulch. Highway 130 was closed by flooding south of Keaau. Numerous other roads were also closed by flooding. Heavy rain and flash flooding also affected windward and southeast sections of Maui, especially along the Hana Highway. Please refer to the Local Storm Report Summary for more specifics on individual reports throughout the event at: www.prh.noaa.gov/hnl/pages/lsr.php Mountain View has measured 51.53 inches of rain for the period running from 12 noon HST August 22 through 4 AM HST August 26. This is a preliminary total subject to final quality control, but this is currently the third highest storm total rainfall from a tropical cyclone in the United States since 1950. The highest total is 60.58 inches, measured at Nederland, Texas, during Hurricane Harvey in 2017. The second highest total, and the highest tropical cyclone storm total rainfall in Hawaii is 52.00 inches, measured at Kanalohuluhulu Ranger Station, during Hurricane Hiki in 1950. Hilo Airport measured 36.76 inches of rain for the four day period running from 12 midnight HST August 22 through 1159 PM HST August 25. This is the wettest four day period ever observed at Hilo, with records dating back to 1949. Hilo also measured 15.00 inches of rain on August 24, which was the fifth wettest calendar day on record. Here are some of the notable rainfall totals from the ongoing event, covering the period from noon HST August 22 through 4 AM HST August 26. All values are in inches, and are preliminary pending final quality control. Island of Hawaii Mountain View : 51.53 Waiakea Uka : 49.10 Piihonua : 47.48 Saddle Quarry (USGS) : 47.20 Waiakea Experiment Station : 43.99 Pahoa : 37.28 Glenwood : 35.40 Kulani NWR : 28.52 Keaumo : 24.35 Kawainui Stream (USGS) : 16.03 Puu Mali : 13.70 Island of Maui West Wailuaiki (USGS) : 24.71 Puu Kukui (USGS) : 14.96 Haiku : 10.34 Hana Airport : 8.14 $$ Jacobson Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NJwx85 Posted August 26, 2018 Author Share Posted August 26, 2018 3 hours ago, LongBeachSurfFreak said: The flooding that did occur happened for the usual suspects. In the windward upslope rain forests. Since those areas are incredibly wet to begin with they tend to be sparsely populated. You can go from an area that sees rain 300+ days a year to an area that sees rain a few days a year in a relatively quick drive in Hawaii. Yes the Leeward side of Maui is dry and the Windward side is a rainforest. Two years ago we traveled the road to Hana and it’s amazing how many different micro climates you encounter along the way. When traveling back West along the volcanic ridge it’s amazing to look down from a few thousand feet above sea level and see nothing but miles and miles of volcanic rock between yourself and the ocean. As it turns out, several locations there saw double digit rainfall, and it looks like Oahu was spared the worst. Here in Ko Olina the sky’s have been mostly cloudy with breaks of sun and a few sprinkles. Out towards Pearl it’s been raining a lot more. Diamond head has been barely visible from portions of H1, however the downtown area has been mostly dry as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chinook Posted August 26, 2018 Share Posted August 26, 2018 Some radar-based rain estimation. Of course, none of these is totally perfect and a couple of the main radar sites have a large amount of radar blockage due to terrain. I have used a 36-inch color table for some of these, and a 10-inch color table for other ones. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NJwx85 Posted August 26, 2018 Author Share Posted August 26, 2018 Today is probably the windiest day of them all. Frequently gusting over 40 since 11am. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NJwx85 Posted August 27, 2018 Author Share Posted August 27, 2018 What’s left of the circulation still looks decent on radar. It’s clearly an open wave, but still producing a large area of disturbed weather and locally gusty winds. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bluewave Posted August 28, 2018 Share Posted August 28, 2018 Public Information Statement National Weather Service Honolulu HI 305 PM HST Mon Aug 27 2018 ...LANE POSSIBLY BREAKS HAWAII TROPICAL CYCLONE RAINFALL RECORD... The Mountain View gage has measured 52.02 inches of rain for the period from 8 AM HST August 22 when the outer rain bands started impacting the Big Island through 8 AM HST August 26 after the trailing rain band passed west of South Point. An unverified private weather station also reported 58.80 inches during this same time span. We will attempt to validate this private weather station report. Both totals indicate that Hurricane Lane has broken the Hawaii tropical cyclone storm total rainfall record, pending verification of the data. The previous record was 52.00 inches, measured at Kanalohuluhulu Ranger Station, during Hurricane Hiki in 1950. The Hurricane Lane total would also make it the second highest storm total rainfall from a tropical cyclone in the United States since 1950. The highest total is 60.58 inches, measured at Nederland, Texas, during Hurricane Harvey in 2017. Here are some of the notable rainfall totals from the ongoing event, covering the period from 8 AM HST August 22 through 8 AM HST August 26. All values are in inches, and are preliminary pending final quality control. Island of Hawaii Mountain View : 52.02 Waiakea Uka : 49.48 Saddle Quarry (USGS) : 48.52 Piihonua : 48.13 Waiakea Experiment Station : 47.37 Pahoa : 38.09 Glenwood : 35.83 Kulani NWR : 28.71 Keaumo : 24.65 Kawainui Stream (USGS) : 16.70 Puu Mali : 13.70 Island of Maui West Wailuaiki (USGS) : 25.58 Puu Kukui (USGS) : 17.48 Hana Airport : 10.57 Haiku : 10.55 $$ Kodama Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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