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Big Island summits getting more snow today — up to 8 inches

March 3, 2023, 7:53 AM HST
* Updated March 3, 10:36 AM
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This image taken at 7:36 a.m. on March 3 is from a temporary research camera positioned on the north rim of Mokuʻāweoweo, the summit caldera of Mauna Loa volcano by the USGS Hawaiian Volcano Observatory. If you look carefully around early morning or late evening, you may see a few thermal areas emitting steam. Photo: USGS

The National Weather Service has issued a winter storm warning for Big Island summits until 6 a.m. on Saturday.

Yet another surge of deep moisture will move over the Big Island on Friday, combining with a relatively low freezing level to bring periods of heavy snow, with freezing rain also possible at times.

Maunakea is under a blanket of snow on March 3, 2023. Photo: Khalil Blake

Heavy mixed precipitation is forecast, including accumulations of snow up to 8 inches and ice accumulations of around two tenths of an inch.

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Roads will be snow covered and dangerously slippery, and visibility will be reduced to near zero at times.

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