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Hawaii Weather 3/9 Morning - Flood Watch

Hawaii Weather 3/9 Morning - Flood Watch

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 Good morning. Hawaii. I'm Michael Mosby. Right now, it's 75 degrees and overcast statewide. The trades are hanging on, keeping things relatively dry. But that changes fast. A monster kona storm is spinning up northwest of the islands. We're talking central pressure near 990 millibars, winds over 100 knots aloft. This thing is going to flip our entire weather pattern starting Tuesday. Today stays calm. Oahu sees mostly sunny skies with a high near 81 degrees. Light east-southeast winds and just isolated showers. Tonight drops to 72 with haze. Over on the Big Island, expect scattered showers today with a high near 76. You've got a 60 percent chance of rain, especially along windward slopes. Tonight stays around 65 with those showers continuing. Maui gets the driest conditions — mostly sunny with haze, topping out at 82 degrees. Tonight dips to 66 with just isolated showers possible. But Tuesday night is when things get serious. Deep tropical moisture surges northward. Oahu and Kauai face the first wave — frequent showers and thunderstorms with rainfall rates that could produce flash flooding. Some storms may dump three-quarters to one inch of rain in a short window. By Wednesday, the entire state gets hammered. Here comes 1 to 2 inches of rain on Oahu, with thunderstorms capable of producing heavy downpours. This pattern locks in through the weekend — southerly winds gusting to 40 miles an hour, relentless rain. And a serious flash flood threat statewide. A Flood Watch is already in effect for Kauai starting Tuesday morning and Oahu by Tuesday evening. Charge your phones and fill up the gas tank before tonight. See you this afternoon.
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