• After witnessing the continued decrease of involvement in the SpotterNetwork staff in serving SN members with troubleshooting issues recently, I have unilaterally decided to terminate the relationship between SpotterNetwork's support and Stormtrack. I have witnessed multiple users unable to receive support weeks after initiating help threads on the forum. I find this lack of response from SpotterNetwork officials disappointing and a failure to hold up their end of the agreement that was made years ago, before I took over management of this site. In my opinion, having Stormtrack users sit and wait for so long to receive help on SpotterNetwork issues on the Stormtrack forums reflects poorly not only on SpotterNetwork, but on Stormtrack and (by association) me as well. Since the issue has not been satisfactorily addressed, I no longer wish for the Stormtrack forum to be associated with SpotterNetwork.

    I apologize to those who continue to have issues with the service and continue to see their issues left unaddressed. Please understand that the connection between ST and SN was put in place long before I had any say over it. But now that I am the "captain of this ship," it is within my right (nay, duty) to make adjustments as I see necessary. Ending this relationship is such an adjustment.

    For those who continue to need help, I recommend navigating a web browswer to SpotterNetwork's About page, and seeking the individuals listed on that page for all further inquiries about SpotterNetwork.

    From this moment forward, the SpotterNetwork sub-forum has been hidden/deleted and there will be no assurance that any SpotterNetwork issues brought up in any of Stormtrack's other sub-forums will be addressed. Do not rely on Stormtrack for help with SpotterNetwork issues.

    Sincerely, Jeff D.

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Was on the weather.gov page and saw blizzard warnings in Hawaii of all places (NWS - Honolulu). Obviously this is for elevations above 8000 feet, but just weird to see something like that there of all places...

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HONOLULU HI
341 AM HST THU DEC 6 2007

BIG ISLAND SUMMITS-INCLUDING THE CITY OF...MAUNA LOA AND MAUNA KEA ABOVE 8000 FEET

341 AM HST THU DEC 6 2007

...BLIZZARD WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON HST TODAY...
PASSING CONVECTIVE SHOWERS AS WELL AS STRONG WINDS WITH GUSTS TO 50 MPH CONTINUE TO AFFECT THE SUMMITS THIS MORNING...RESULTING IN WHITE OUT CONDITIONS AT TIMES WITH NEAR ZERO VISIBILITIES UNDER BLOWING SNOW. TRAVELING IN THE AREA REMAINS EXTREMELY DANGEROUS.

SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 6 INCHES OR MORE ARE STILL POSSIBLE...WITH SIGNIFICANT DRIFTING SNOW. TEMPERATURES WILL REMAIN AT OR BELOW FREEZING LEVEL WITH WIND CHILL IN THE TEENS AND LOWER 20S. TRAVEL TO THE SUMMITS IS STRONGLY NOT RECOMMENDED. A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS THAT BLIZZARD CONDITIONS ARE IMMINENT OR OCCURRING.

A good buddy of mine back in Ohio just finished his stint with the Navy down there and was saying how much he missed the weather in Hawaii... I forwarded this along with the flood stuff from down there and told him he was probably better off in Ohio! LOL
 
I know that Hawaii isn't exactly a chasers' Mecca depite the fact it can rain a lot. But because of the large amounts of rain in some areas, and due to the mountains on the Big Island (Hawaii), there must surely be some caches where storms may form locally -- not to mention volcanic activity as a possible factor. Can anyone tell us if, and where, any severe thunderstorms have been reported there -- or on any of the islands?
 
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I lived on Oahu for 4 years and I can only recall maybe 1 severe storm but that didn't make it to huricane status. 95% of the rain was like a calm shower there on the Honolulu side. Then you had the mountain winds sweaping a fine mist which made the breath taking super rainbows. Sadly I was always at work when those came out.
 
I know that Hawaii isn't exactly a chasers' Mecca depite the fact it can rain a lot. But because of the large amounts of rain in some areas, and due to the mountains on the Big Island (Hawaii), there must surely be some cause for storms -- not to mention volcanic activity as a possible factor. Can anyone tell us if, and where, any severe thunderstorms have been reported there -- or on any of the islands?

There is a vid clip on TVC I of a waterspout coming ashore at Kailua-Kona and doing some damage.

And at the lava entry into the ocean there are occasionally 'waterspouts' derived from all the thermal activity.
 
I've lived on Oahu for 18 yrs. Unfortunately, we receive very little T-storm activity. Although it rains often, we probably average about 1 or 2 non-severe T-storms per year, & these are usually rain-wrapped. I've never witnessed a water spout, either.

I did save some photos of a landspout in a pineapple field from the local newspaper a few years back. My sister witnessed it while driving to work.

Here's a post I submitted of Hawaii's last significant weather event:
http://www.stormtrack.org/forum/showthread.php?t=14478

Just before this hit Oahu, a severe T-storm warning was issued for the island of Kauai.
 
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