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JANUARY RAINFALL EASES DROUGHT IN ALL FOUR COUNTIES IN THE STATE
OF HAWAII
900 AM HST THU FEB 7 2013
SYNOPSIS...
SEVERAL HEAVY RAIN EVENTS IN JANUARY BROUGHT VARYING LEVELS OF
DROUGHT RELIEF TO ALL FOUR COUNTIES ACROSS THE STATE. FOR SOME
LOCATIONS IT WAS THE WETTEST JANUARY IN AT LEAST FIVE YEARS.
CONDITIONS ON KAUAI HAVE IMPROVED TO THE POINT WHERE THE ENTIRE
ISLAND IS NOW DROUGHT-FREE. OAHU HAS ONLY A SMALL AREA OF MODERATE
DROUGHT.....
WET TRADES EASE WINDWARD DRYNESS WHILE LEEWARD DROUGHT EXPANDS IN
MAUI COUNTY
1005 AM HST THU JAN 10 2013
SYNOPSIS...
WET TRADE WIND CONDITIONS BROUGHT AMPLE AMOUNTS OF RAINFALL TO THE
EAST-FACING SLOPES. PERIODS OF STRONG TRADE WINDS HELPED BLOW
RAINFALL INTO SOME OF THE LEEWARD AREAS OF THE SMALLER ISLANDS.
HOWEVER...LEEWARD AREAS OF MAUI COUNTY AND THE BIG ISLAND REMAINED
VERY DRY. THIS PERSISTENT LEEWARD DRYNESS PRODUCED AN EXPANSION OF
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2012-2013 WET SEASON TWO MONTHS OVERDUE
105 PM HST THU DEC 6 2012
SYNOPSIS...
IN OCTOBER AND NOVEMBER...RECORD LOW PRECIPITATION TOTALS OCCURRED
AT SEVERAL LOCATIONS IN THE STATE. FORTUNATELY FOR KAUAI...THE
FIRST WEEK OF DECEMBER PRODUCED 2 TO 4 INCHES OF RAINFALL WHICH
SHOULD HELP BRING SOME DROUGHT RELIEF BUT THE REST OF THE STATE HAS
THUS FAR REMAINED DRY. THE DROUGHT DEPICTION FOR KAUAI REMAINED
UNC...
VERY SLOW START TO THE 2012-2013 WET SEASON
930 AM HST THU NOV 8 2012
SYNOPSIS...
INSTEAD OF A SEASONAL INCREASE IN RAINFALL OCTOBER BROUGHT RECORD
LOW PRECIPITATION TOTALS AT SEVERAL LOCATIONS ACROSS THE STATE.
MOST OF THE RECORDS BROKEN WERE ON KAUAI AND OAHU WHICH RESULTED IN
A DEGRADATION OF EXISTING DROUGHT CONDITIONS. ON KAUAI...EXISTING
SEVERE DROUGHT...OR D2 CATEGORY CONDITIONS IN THE U.S. DROUGHT
M...
THE 2012-2013 WET SEASON BEGINS WITH MORE THAN HALF OF THE STATE
IN DROUGHT
930 AM HST THU OCT 4 2012
SYNOPSIS...
THE 2012 HAWAIIAN ISLANDS DRY SEASON HAS CONCLUDED AND AS
EXPECTED...LARGE AREAS OF THE STATE...ESPECIALLY IN THE LEEWARD
AREAS OF MAUI COUNTY AND THE BIG ISLAND...HEAD INTO THE NEW WET
SEASON UNDER SIGNIFICANT DROUGHT.
AREAS OF EXTREME DROUGHT...OR THE D3 CATEGORY IN THE U.S. DROUGHT
MONITOR MAP...REMAIN FIRMLY IN PLACE. IN MA...
LEEWARD DROUGHT WORSENS ON KAUAI AND LANAI
915 AM HST THU SEP 6 2012
SYNOPSIS...
PERSISTENT AND STABLE TRADE WIND CONDITIONS KEPT MOST OF THE
LEEWARD AREAS VERY DRY THROUGHOUT AUGUST. THE SUSTAINED DRYNESS ON
THE ISLAND OF LANAI RESULTED IN A DOWNGRADE FROM SEVERE
DROUGHT...OR THE D2 CATEGORY IN THE U.S. DROUGHT MONITOR MAP...TO
EXTREME DROUGHT...OR THE D3 CATEGORY...OVER THE LEEWARD SLOPES OF
THE ISLAND. S...
AGRICULTURAL DROUGHT WORSENING ON KAUAI
920 AM HST THU AUG 9 2012
SYNOPSIS...
DRY JULY WEATHER WORSENED EXISTING DROUGHT CONDITIONS OVER THE LOWER
ELEVATIONS OF EAST AND SOUTHEAST KAUAI. AS A RESULT...MODERATE
DROUGHT...OR THE D1 CATEGORY IN THE U.S. DROUGHT MONITOR MAP...WAS
DOWNGRADED TO SEVERE DROUGHT...OR THE D2 CATEGORY...FROM KEALIA TO
KOLOA.
ADDITIONAL AREAS OF SEVERE DROUGHT ACROSS THE STATE INCL...
DROUGHT REDEVELOPS OVER KAUAI AND OAHU
1055 AM HST FRI JUL 13 2012
SYNOPSIS...
A STRONG START TO THE 2012 DRY SEASON HAS ALREADY PRODUCED NEW
DROUGHT IMPACTS OVER PORTIONS OF KAUAI AND OAHU. MODERATE
DROUGHT...OR THE D1 CATEGORY IN THE U.S. DROUGHT MONITOR MAP...HAS
REDEVELOPED OVER THE SOUTHEAST HALF OF KAUAI AND OVER LEEWARD OAHU.
DROUGHT CONDITIONS ALSO REMAIN FIRMLY IN PLACE OVER LEEWARD AREAS
OF MAU...
A FAST START TO THE DRY SEASON IN THE HAWAIIAN ISLANDS
850 AM HST THU JUN 7 2012
SYNOPSIS...
THE 2012 DRY SEASON HAS STARTED HARD AND FAST...ESPECIALLY IN MOST
OF THE LEEWARD AREAS OF THE STATE WHERE MAY RAINFALL TOTALS CAME IN
BELOW AVERAGE. AN EXISTING AREA OF EXTREME DROUGHT...OR THE D3
CATEGORY IN THE U.S. DROUGHT MONITOR MAP...SPREAD FROM THE SOUTH
KOHALA DISTRICT AND THE POHAKULOA REGION OF THE HAMAKUA DISTRICT
I...
ANOTHER WET SEASON GONE AND THE DROUGHT CONTINUES IN LEEWARD MAUI
COUNTY AND THE BIG ISLAND
845 AM HST THU MAY 3 2012
SYNOPSIS...
LOWER THAN NORMAL RAINFALL IN APRIL KEPT DROUGHT FIRMLY IN PLACE
OVER LEEWARD AREAS OF MAUI COUNTY AND THE BIG ISLAND. IN MAUI
COUNTY...EXTREME DROUGHT CONDITIONS...OR THE D3 CATEGORY IN THE U.S.
DROUGHT MONITOR MAP...CONTINUED OVER WESTERN MOLOKAI AND SOUTHWEST
MAUI FROM KIHEI TO MAKENA. SEVERE DROUGHT...OR D2 CATEGORY
CONDIT...
DROUGHT HOLDING FIRM IN LEEWARD MAUI COUNTY AND THE BIG ISLAND
805 AM HST THU APR 5 2012
SYNOPSIS...
EARLY MARCH LOW PRESSURE SYSTEMS DRENCHED MOST OF KAUAI AND OAHU.
WINDWARD AREAS OF MAUI COUNTY AND THE BIG ISLAND RECEIVED AMPLE
RAINFALL BUT LEEWARD AREAS...ESPECIALLY ON THE BIG ISLAND...HAD ONLY
LIMITED AMOUNTS OF RAIN. THUS...THE DROUGHT LIVES ON FOR YET
ANOTHER MONTH. DURING MARCH...WESTERN MOLOKAI GOT ENOUGH RAIN TO
IMP...
MAUI COUNTY DROUGHT WORSENS WHILE KAUAI AND OAHU GET DRENCHED
320 AM HST THU MAR 8 2012
SYNOPSIS...
LATE FEBRUARY AND EARLY MARCH LOW PRESSURE SYSTEMS BROUGHT
TORRENTIAL RAINFALL TO THE WEST HALF OF THE STATE BUT PRODUCED MUCH
LOWER AMOUNTS OVER THE DROUGHT-PLAGUED AREAS OF MAUI COUNTY AND THE
BIG ISLAND. WESTERN MOLOKAI...WHICH HAD BEEN UNDER EXTREME
DROUGHT...OR D3 CATEGORY CONDITIONS ON THE U.S. DROUGHT MONITOR
MAP...WORSE...
LEEWARD DROUGHT WORSENS ON THE BIG ISLAND AND MAUI COUNTY
1020 AM HST THU FEB 2 2012
SYNOPSIS...
FOLLOWING VERY WET CONDITIONS OVER THE WINDWARD SLOPES DURING
DECEMBER...THE NEW YEAR HAS STARTED OUT DRY IN MOST AREAS EXCEPT FOR
THE ISLAND OF KAUAI. LEEWARD DROUGHT WORSENED ON THE BIG ISLAND
WITH EXISTING EXTREME DROUGHT...OR D3 CATEGORY CONDITIONS ON THE
U.S. DROUGHT MONITOR MAP...EXPANDING NORTHWARD INTO RANCH LANDS NEAR
W...
PERSISTENT TRADES KEEP MOST WEST-FACING BIG ISLAND AND MAUI
SLOPES UNDER DROUGHT
905 AM HST FRI JAN 6 2012
SYNOPSIS...
PERSISTENT TRADE WINDS BROUGHT ABUNDANT AMOUNTS OF RAIN TO THE
EAST-FACING SLOPES OF THE MAIN HAWAIIAN ISLANDS. MANY OF THE
LEEWARD SLOPES...ESPECIALLY ON THE BIG ISLAND AND MAUI...RECEIVED
VERY LITTLE RAIN. AS A RESULT...EXTREME DROUGHT...OR D3 CATEGORY
CONDITIONS ON THE U.S. DROUGHT MONITOR MAP CONTINUES IN THE SOUTH
KOHALA D...
LEEWARD BIG ISLAND DROUGHT WORSENS
930 AM HST THU DEC 8 2011
SYNOPSIS...
PERSISTENT TRADE WIND CONDITIONS DURING NOVEMBER HELPED BRING NEAR
TO ABOVE NORMAL RAINFALL TOTALS TO MANY OF THE WINDWARD SLOPES OF
THE MAIN HAWAIIAN ISLANDS. HOWEVER...THE PERSISTENT TRADES MEANT
LITTLE RAINFALL OCCURRED OVER LEEWARD AREAS. ON THE BIG ISLAND...
EXTREME DROUGHT...OR D3 CATEGORY CONDITIONS ON THE U.S. DROUGHT
MO...
DROUGHT WORSENS IN OCTOBER BEFORE THE RAINS BEGIN
230 PM HST THU NOV 3 2011
SYNOPSIS...
BELOW NORMAL RAINFALL OVER MOST AREAS OF THE STATE DURING THE MONTH
OF OCTOBER RESULTED IN AN INCREASE IN DROUGHT INTENSITY AND COVERAGE
IN ALL FOUR HAWAII COUNTIES. ALL OF THIS OCCURRED PRIOR TO THE
ONSET OF WET CONDITIONS WHICH COMMENCED AT THE END OF OCTOBER AND
CONTINUES TODAY. IT IS TOO SOON TO KNOW THE FULL IMPACT OF THE
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DRY SEPTEMBER INCREASES BIG ISLAND DROUGHT INTENSITY
225 PM HST THU OCT 6 2011
SYNOPSIS...
WELL BELOW NORMAL RAINFALL DURING THE WARMEST TIME OF THE YEAR
COMBINED TO INCREASE DROUGHT INTENSITY OVER THE LEEWARD AREAS OF THE
STATE. THE GREATEST CHANGES OCCURRED ON THE BIG ISLAND WHERE
EXTREME DROUGHT...OR D3 CATEGORY CONDITIONS ON THE U.S. DROUGHT
MONITOR MAP...HAS ONCE AGAIN STARTED. THE COVERAGE OF D3 IS
CURRENTLY ALO...
DROUGHT IMPACTS INCREASING ON THE BIG ISLAND AND MAUI COUNTY
1035 AM HST THU SEP 8 2011
SYNOPSIS...
WELL BELOW NORMAL RAINFALL COMBINED WITH SEASONALLY WARM
TEMPERATURES INCREASED DROUGHT CONDITIONS IN COVERAGE AND INTENSITY
OVER LEEWARD AREAS OF THE BIG ISLAND AND MAUI COUNTY. A MONTH AGO
ONLY A SMALL SECTION OF THE SOUTH KOHALA DISTRICT ON THE BIG ISLAND
CONTAINED SEVERE DROUGHT...OR D2 CATEGORY CONDITIONS ON THE U.S.
DROUGH...
BIG ISLAND DROUGHT WORSENING AGAIN WITH BELOW NORMAL JULY
RAINFALL
920 AM HST THU AUG 4 2011
SYNOPSIS...
BELOW NORMAL RAINFALL AND WARMER TEMPERATURES DURING JULY HAVE
RESULTED IN A WORSENING OF DROUGHT CONDITIONS ON THE ISLAND OF
HAWAII. THUS...THE AREA OF MODERATE DROUGHT...OR D1 CATEGORY
CONDITIONS ON THE U.S. DROUGHT MONITOR MAP...SPREAD FROM THE SOUTH
KAU DISTRICT INTO THE SOUTH KONA DISTRICT AND NORTHEASTWARD TOWARD
THE VOLCANO...
LEEWARD BIG ISLAND AND MAUI COUNTY DROUGHT EXPECTED TO WORSEN
OVER THE SUMMER
142 PM HST MON JUL 11 2011
SYNOPSIS...
THE EFFECTS OF SPRING RAINFALL CONTINUED TO PRODUCE IMPROVEMENTS IN
DROUGHT CONDITIONS OVER LEEWARD PORTIONS OF THE BIG ISLAND AND MAUI
COUNTY. THIS IMPROVEMENT TREND IS EXPECTED TO END AS DRIER AND
WARMER CONDITIONS TAKE HOLD DURING THE HEART OF THE 2011 DRY SEASON.
DURING THE MONTH OF JUNE...A POCKET OF SEVERE DROUGHT...OR D2
C...
LATE WET SEASON RAINFALL HELPS EASE BIG ISLAND DROUGHT
650 AM HST THU JUN 2 2011
SYNOPSIS...
RAINFALL DURING APRIL AND EARLY MAY HELPED REDUCE AGRICULTURAL
DROUGHT CONDITIONS OVER PORTIONS OF THE LEEWARD BIG ISLAND SLOPES.
THIS HELPED KNOCK DOWN A STUBBORN POCKET OF EXTREME DROUGHT...OR D3
CATEGORY CONDITIONS ON THE U.S. DROUGHT MONITOR MAP...TO SEVERE
DROUGHT...OR D2 CONDITIONS OVER THE POHAKULOA AREA. THE BIG ISLAND
...
AGRICULTURAL DROUGHT DECREASES IN MAUI COUNTY
910 AM HST THU MAY 5 2011
SYNOPSIS...
AGRICULTURE CONDITIONS HAVE RECOVERED ENOUGH FROM RAINFALL EARLIER
IN THE YEAR TO WARRANT AN IMPROVEMENT IN DROUGHT DEPICTION OVER
PORTIONS OF MAUI COUNTY. THUS...SEVERE DROUGHT...OR D2 CATEGORY
CONDITIONS ON THE U.S. DROUGHT MONITOR MAP...HAS BEEN CHANGED TO
MODERATE DROUGHT...OR THE D1 CATEGORY...OVER SOUTHWEST MAUI FROM
KAONO...