No End to Yucky Weather in Sight
Sunday, March 19th, 2006While Kauai tries to keeps its damaged dams from breaking once more, the heavy stuff is now reaching Oahu. Oahu is now under a flash flood warning until 2:00 p.m.
- Lightning struck a Hawaiian Electric transformer in Kailua near Castle Hospital, knocking out power to about 50 households.
- Kamehameha Highway between Kahaluu and Waikane is closed due to flooding. Water is up to about 8 inches in some parts.
- Shelters have been opened at Kailua District Park and Brigham Young University-Hawaii in Laie.
The state remains under a flash flood watch until Monday afternoon, but the weather services believes that more wet stuff is coming:
MODERATE TO HEAVY SHOWERS PERSIST ACROSS SOUTHEAST PORTIONS OF THE
BIG ISLAND. ADDITIONAL HEAVY SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE CURRENTLY
BLOSSOMING OVER AND AROUND OAHU AS WELL…AND SIGNIFICANT SHOWERS
CAN ALSO BE SEEN ALONG THE SOUTHERN SLOPES OF MOUNT HALEAKALA. THESE
CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE OVER ALL THE ISLANDS THROUGH THE DAY AND
INTO THE COMING WEEK AS A MID AND UPPER LEVEL TROUGH OF LOW PRESSURE
PERSISTS TO OUR WEST. CONVERGENT SURFACE WINDS WITHIN A SURFACE
TROUGH OVER THE CENTRAL ISLANDS WILL HELP SUPPORT STRONG CONVECTION
GENERATED BY THE LIFTING EFFECT OF UPPER LEVEL DIVERGENCE AROUND
THE SOUTHEASTERN PERIPHERY OF THE UPPER/MID-LEVEL TROUGH TO THE
WEST OF THE MAIN HAWAIIAN ISLANDS. THE ATMOSPHERE OVER THE ISLANDS
REMAINS RIPE FOR THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAINFALL AND POSSIBLE
FLASH FLOODING.LATEST GFS75 BRINGS PULSES OF HEAVY RAINFALL TO THE ISLANDS OVER THE
COMING WEEK. TODAY…WEDNESDAY AND FRIDAY ARE THE DAYS THESE PULSES
ARRIVE…COINCIDING WITH THE FORECAST FORMATION AND PASSAGE OF SHORT
WAVES ALOFT. THE FORECAST CALLS FOR THE POSSIBILITY OF HEAVY
RAINFALL AND THUNDERSTORMS THROUGH TODAY. A FLASH FLOOD WATCH
REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH MONDAY EVENING. SHORTER TERM WARNING AND
ADVISORY PRODUCTS ARE BEING ISSUED AS NEEDED FOR THE LOCALLY HEAVY
RAIN WHICH COULD LEAD TO FLOODING ON THE SATURATED AREAS OF THE
INDIVIDUAL ISLANDS. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR ISSUANCE
FOR YOUR AREA.