It is COLD on top of those volcanoes!........................
The tops of Hawaiian volcanoes, despite being near the equator with no appreciable ‘winter’, can get snow at any time. Its weird, yes, but you can freeze your butt off after driving to the peaks thinking its going to be like down by the beach.
We are in a seriously weird weather cycle for awhile. No snow where there normally has been and snow where it needs not be. Flooding in northwest. Strange decade of weird weather.
You don’t see this everyday.
Been to the top of Mauna Loa a few times, it’s 98* at the beach and 15* at the top. And the wind can be crazy. A spring jacket doesn’t cut it.
Meanwhile, reports of hail, not sleet or graupel, in New York State yesterday.
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17 January 2018 and yes, it was snow on the Big Island Volcanos.
This would never happened if everyone JUST GOT VACCINATED
I just got a text from a buddy of mine that is Director of Maintenance for a Helicopter tour company in Kona, HI.
Huge rain going on there right now. He said very cold and windy. His video showed ceiling at 1000’ solid. Very rare for Hawaii.
We rode the train from Durango (4500’) to Silverton 10,000’) in late September one year (ok, it was 2000).
Warm and sunny in Durango, blowing and snowing in Silverton. I came prepared, knowing what can happen at high elevations. My wife was chiding me about the bag full of winter clothing at first, but she was grateful I brought it.
There were people in tank tops and flip flops on the train - weren’t they shocked!
Unusual weather they’re having. 🦁 Maybe they could use some of that petroleum water in Pearl Harbor as fuel to keep warm.