Hawaii bracing for an atmospheric river, flooding rainfall

accuweather ^ | 05/16/2024 | Alex Sosnowski

[ChicagoConservative27]

Another out-of-season storm is brewing near Hawaii and is likely to deliver much heavier rain than the first, as an atmospheric river will become involved, AccuWeather meteorologists warn.

A storm locally called a Kona Low, which is a storm in the middle levels of the atmosphere, brought rounds of rain to parts of the islands from late last week to Mother's Day weekend. Up to several inches of rain brought localized flooding to Oahu and Kauai.

Earlier this spring, another Kona Low brought tremendous rainfall and flooding to part of the island chain. In a matter of hours, the storm unleashed rainfall equal to seven times that of the entire month of April in Lihue, Hawaii, and five to 10 times the April historical average on the island of Kauai. Honolulu received two times the April average from the storm in mid-April.

[doorgunner69]

“Is an atmospheric river what we used to call rain?”

I think it was a “weather system”

Lots of areas on the islands get very little rain while the rest gets flooding.

[Vaduz]

Another out-of-season storm

Hope it makes it to Los Angeles the sides walks need a flushing from all the sidewalk hobos.

[ken in texas]

I don’t think they’ll sink but in a really strong wind they might wobble back and forth a little. /s

[Karliner]

Gotta watch out for awry brained congressmen and bomb Cyclones:>)