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Other than Hone and Gilma, 2024 hurricane season blows through with little more than stiff breeze
This year featured just 2 tropical cyclones, pretty much right on the money as far as the Central Pacific Hurricane Center’s outlook issued in May, which called for 1 to 4 tropical cyclones and 50% chance of fewer than the 4 to 5 storms the basin sees in an average year.
Hōkūleʻa crew to return to ocean for circumnavigational voyage of the Pacific in 2025
After consulting with science and weather experts, community partners and voyaging leadership, PVS has decided to keep the canoes primarily in Hawaiian waters until next year when severe El Niño weather conditions settle down.
5 cold fronts pass over Hawaiian Islands in January
The first cold front came in on Jan. 7 as a low pressure system developed northwest of the state.
Matson returns Hōkūleʻa home to Hawai‘i
The voyaging canoe was unloaded onto the water at Honolulu Harbor Thursday morning at 8 a.m.
Hōkūleʻa to arrive back in Hawai‘i on Dec. 6
Crew members were in San Diego earlier this week to prepare the canoe to be shipped home.
Several Big Island rain gauges break records for lowest October rainfall as drought worsens
Even the normally wet windward slopes of the Big Island were especially dry last month, with most sites posting totals at less than 20% of average.
El Niño lingers into Hawai‘i’s wet season; drought conditions to persist
This morning, Kevin Kodama, senior service hydrologist at the National Weather Service’s Honolulu Forecast Office, hosted a press conference discussing the outlook for this year’s wet season. He said El Niño conditions have been present since the spring and intensified during the summer.
Change in plan: Hōkūleʻa to return to Hawaiʻi before continuing circumnavigation of Pacific
Polynesian Voyaging Society CEO Nainoa Thompson said, “The level of hurt thatʻs happening in our home is something I canʻt comprehend. All I know is that we have to come home because of it.”
Hawaiian Electric’s preparation for hurricane season, with tips for its Big Island customers
With the beginning of hurricane season on June 1 in the Central Pacific, Hawaiian Electric is advising residential and commercial customers to be prepared and have emergency plans in place.
NOAA predicts 50% chance of above-normal cyclone activity for Central Pacific
Forecasters at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration predict a 50% chance of above-normal tropical cyclone activity for the 2023 Central Pacific hurricane season that starts June 1.
El Niño ‘flavors’ help unravel past variability, future response to climate change
The research enables more accurate projection of future changes and impacts from El Niño, the primary factor affecting variability in water temperature and trade wind strength in the Pacific.
Above-average rainfall expected for Hawaiʻi’s wet season, October – April
The state’s overall outlook for the upcoming wet season is for above-average rainfall, but there is a possibility of drought continuing on the leeward areas of the Big Island.
