Yes, that other one is called Gert and so far is following Floyd. I do not want to think about it! Florida was by-passed, thank you all for your prayers!

Could you tell us where this bunker you were in is? Dug into your back yard? Under your Condo building? I cannot imagine, but you were computer-up for hours longer than any batteries last on most laptops! I am eyeballing Gert with suspicion. I do not trust her and she is just as big as her brother. Keep that bottled water handy! And, please keep us posted. Terry posted a neat visual water vapor map of both storms http://www.spring.net/yapp-bin/restricted/read/news/16.14

My bunker is my home all safely tucked (I hope), under the hurricane shutters, we literally bolt ourselves in. We will keep all our supplies handy just in case Gert comes our way. It seems to be just as huge as Floyd. :-(

Happy to know that, Moon. Don't take too much of that stuff off just yet! Gert is looking Bigger than Floyd now...!

Hang in there, Moon, we think of you:-)

Take care, Moon Dreams! My best wishes...

how'd ya fare??? still raining?? blowing??

I am happy to report that all Floridians save one who was far inland have checked in safe and well, but not unbolting their storm shutters just yet. Gert is not looking good for them...will keep in touch - if they do not report here, I will attempt to keep everyone posted on their well-being. Thanks for your kind thoughts!

Ah! The Tallahassee Droolian has checked in, finally. They got nothing of the storm, and not even any rain, which is making them very unhappy...and thirsty.

Ooooh, Marcia, I love how your maps automatically update. I see our rain is finally heading east. Now, when will it warm up a bit? This is end-of-October weather we're currently having. Any minute now, I expect the doorbell to ring and some little kids to thrust their grocery bags in my face demanding candy!! And the worst part is I've actually had to turn the heat on already. :-(

There is a rule of thumb about these things...as soon as you put away all your cool clothing it gets into Indian Summer in a big way and you rumple your nice woolens. By the mid to end of this month, there should be very few warm spells, considering the latitude of Chicago and its proximity to lake effect weather. Soon! (Those maps are neat, are they not?!)

From Anne Hale in Western Australia: We have for the last two days had the strangest weather - even my server was down. Storm winds - force 10 out to sea yesterday and last night (Thursday) today heavy rain for at least six hours - I measured three inches - unbelievable for October and extraordinary. Our total rainful for the month is two inches!! But three in two days. When Denis got up this morning he had an awful shock - rain coming through the lounge ceiling and now we have a large brown patch and a small hole - but fortunately he managed to get a roof tiler to come out in the pouring rain and fix it. He bored a hole to relieve the guttering on top of the rook and charged $70 but it was worth it to save the carpet and further damage to the ceiling. Now we have to repaint, it never stops does it.

Wow, you really took a hit!

Moon Dreams is in Miami enduring another hurricane - this time it is Irene. She has lost a huge oak tree so far... AUTO-UPDATING RADAR MAP OF INTENSE WEATHER CONDITIONS FOR THE USA from http://www.wunderground.com/US/Region/US/Radar.html

Anne Hale reports from West Australia: ...not been on line for a while - we have had storms again this week - electricity off, trees down and a storm again today. I am almost afraid to go on line at present because of the fear of losing it all if my computer goes off.

With winter coming on, you might like to know the windchill for your locality From http://www.wunderground.com/US/Region/US/Windchill.html

Europe Windchill Australia Heat index

From Moon Dreams in storm-battered and soaked Miami, Florida USA: Irene did not pull a Floyd and my extensive garden need major clean up. We lost two trees and part of the screen where the pool is. It was a category 1 hurricane and ironically, no one really made a big deal out of it. It happened very quickly, we did not even get the time to put up the shutters. Where I live lots of trees were up-rooted. In other areas there is flooding. We survived another one!

One man died when he drove his car into a canal thinking it was part of the street. He could not swim and drown. Four young boys out walking in the storm were electrocuted from broken electrical lines which were hidden by the high waters same happened to a woman walking her dog. Lots of areas remain without electricity and phone. The scary thing was not receiving a warning so as to prepare until it was too late to really do anything about it. Hurricane Irene was over Cuba and they predicted it would turn west towards Naples Florida, instead it went east to Miami. We survived another one!

Thanks for your report, Moon. There is nothing quite as scary as a natural disaster which sneaks up on you then beats you to a pulp. We are delighted that you survived another one. This WAS the last one for the season, was it not? You do not think weather also has a Y2K bug...!

I just scribbled all of the non-updating maps and images from this topic. All of the remaining ones keep currentm including the water vapor ones which show we are going to get hit by some thundery weather tonight or tomorrow!!!

Good luck!

Thanks - the other islands are experiencing flooding now, but this side of the last island to get it is still dry. We have everything lashed down so we are prepared.

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HONOLULU HI 830 AM HST WED OCT 20 1999 *** THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR ALL THE HAWAIIAN ISLANDS REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 830 PM HST WEDNESDAY. *** FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FOR THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... *** ALL THE HAWAIIAN ISLANDS *** A FLASH FLOOD WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR HEAVY RAINFALL AND FLASH FLOODING. FLOODING IS NOT IMMINENT... BUT PERSONS IN THE WATCH AREA SHOULD TAKE PRECAUTIONS BY BEING PREPARED TO TAKE QUICK ACTION IF HEAVY RAIN IS OBSERVED OR A FLASH FLOOD WARNING IS ISSUED. *** THE KONA LOW IS NOW A LITTLE LESS THAN 600 MILES WEST NORTHWEST OF KAUAI AND CONTINUES TO MOVE WEST AT 15 TO 20 MPH. SHOWERS HAVE DECREASED OVER KAUAI AND EARLY MORNING PRECIPITATION AMOUNTS AROUND THE STATE HAVE BEEN RATHER LIGHT EXCEPT FOR KAUAI AND A FEW AREAS OF THE BIG ISLAND. *** THE MAIN THREAT IS NOW FROM ABUNDANT MOISTURE CARRIED NORTHWARD FROM 800 OR 1000 MILES SOUTH FROM THE INTERTROPICAL CONVERGENCE ZONE NEAR THE EQUATOR BY A BRANCH OF THE SUB TROPICAL JET STREAM. RADAR AND SATELLITE SHOW THUNDERSTORMS AND HEAVY PRECIPITATION ADVANCING TOWARD THE ISLANDS... MAINLY FROM OAHU TO THE BIG ISLAND. IT IS EXPECTED TO ARRIVE OVER THESE ISLANDS LATER THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. KAUAI MAY BE AFFECTED AS WELL SINCE THIS IS A VERY BROAD AREA OF MOIST UNSTABLE AIR. *** PERSONS IN THE WATCH AREA... ESPECIALLY THOSE IN LOW LYING AREAS ALONG STREAMS... RIVERS... AND OTHER DRAINAGES SHOULD BE PREPARED TO TAKE QUICK ACTION IF HEAVY RAINS OR FLOODING OCCURS OR A WARNING IS ISSUED. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...LOCAL TV OR RADIO FOR FURTHER NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INFORMATION. NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HONOLULU

We got rained upon, went up the volcano to get through the clouds and only succeeded in getting pure Mother Nature's acid rain (SO2 from the volcano mixing with the mist) - which ate at my eyes and throat until we got upwind of it. No flooding on this Island that I know of so far...but it is still 1000% humidity (at the very least) and just hanging. No breezes to move it off of our high mountains. We often get weather systems hung-up that way.

Anne Hale reports that Eastern Australia is having devastating floods and giant hail stones again. Gotta check that weather map...!

Love your maps, Marcia.

Thanks! Several people from diverse corners of the world check in here almost daily to check their weather map updates. That is lovely and makes me think I did *something* right! They were a great find!!!

Have heard from Pennsylvania that it is very cold (below freezing) and from California that it is chilly and wet. I shall be watching out for flooding conditions. Will post here when I know more.

Did you hear the south of France has had dreadful flooding in the last few days?

No, I had not heard except for a brief mention in headline news (which promptly disappeared from my head). I did note that their Weather Map was not all that promising. Lots more moisture heading for France from the Atlantic. Thanks, Maggie. I'll go check for pix and a report.

Ski lovers are under the impression that we are having severe weather... no snow...

I guess all the white stuff is falling in the New England. 30" (76 cm) have fallen on Mt. Mansfield, but that is not a lot. Is Colorado experiencing warmer than usual weather or is it simply a matter of skies too clear and no weather fronts to dump the good stuff on you? One appears to be heading your way...is just now going through Nevada and Utah.

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"Severe" winter, according to Stacey, in the ski state of Colorado is one with NO SNOW at all! "Severe" in all other places means dire things for drivers and homeless and the Amateur Snow-Shovelling Emergency Squad (ASSES for short) which incur heart attacks clearing it out of their sidewalks. Does that answer your '?'

Good thing Stacey's impervious to any environmental extremes.

We did not get this far in the evolution of time and space without adapting. We are ingenious enough, even though we grouch a lot when it is not specifically the way we want things...too hot...too cold...too damp...too dry... We are worse than the Three Bears! (don't have the foggiest how that huge space got in there with Response 133...)

There is a hurricane in the Florida area approaching category 5 status. Check the updating weather maps for your area if you think you might be in danger.

One of the best sites for live WweatherCams is the University of Michigan'S http://cirrus.sprl.umich.edu/wxnet/wxcam.html Check out the weather and scenery in your area or in the area where someone you know lives *smile* Donner summit in California is interesting in the winter tiime. Lots of snow and trucks impounded until the roads clear (if the name Donner is not familiar to you, ask me...) Mauna Loa Observatory on our Island is good, also, but for very different reasons.

While the Caribbean plays games with Hurricane Lenny, we have high surf warnings. It is the normal situation in the winter when we get our weather patterns flowing from west to east. Forecast For Hilo, Hi 10 Am Hst Fri Nov 19 1999 ...High Surf Advisory In Effect For North Shores... .This Afternoon...Becoming Mostly Cloudy With Widely Scattered Showers. Trade Winds 5 To 15 Mph. .Tonight...Mostly Cloudy With Widely Scattered Showers. Trade Winds Increasing To 10 To 20 Mph. .Saturday...Becoming Sunny After Morning Showers. Trade Winds 10 To 20 Mph. Temperature Hilo Airport 77 65 78 Special weather statement 8 Am Hst Fri Nov 19 1999 The National Weather Service In Honolulu Has Issued A High Surf Advisory Effective At 8 Am Hst For The North Shores Of All The Hawaiian Islands. Surf Heights Reported This Morning Along The North Shores Of Oahu And Kauai Were 8 To 10 Feet. Surf Heights Are Forecast To Remain In The 8 To 12 Foot Range Along The North Shores Of Kauai And Oahu Today And Then Slowly Decline Tonight And Saturday. Surf Heights Will Be Lower Along West Shores And Along The North Shores Of The Other Islands. A New Swell Train From More Northwesterly Directions Is Excpected To Arrive Later On Saturday. Large Surf Poses A Danger To Swimmers...Surfers...Beachgoers And Opihi Pickers Along The Affected Shores. These Beaches Should Be Avoided Until The Surf Subsides. The Next Advisory Will Be Issued At 8 Pm Hst This Evening Or Sooner If Necessary. Rosendal National Weather Service Honolulu

musta jinxed myself... six inches of snow on the ground... another four expected before sundown (although, I mentioned elsewhere that the sun hasn't really even been seen today)

(bet it woulda looked pretty...)

I heard you were really going to get a sizeable accumulation - especially in the mountains - from this storm system. Sunset is just a time it gets dark...as is sunrise when it is storming outside. We are having much the same kind of day but a whole lot warmer *smile*

bitter cold right now but the sun is shining bright so I see no reason to complain... The ground was still really warm so most of the snow on the roads melted (and froze again this a.m.) but plenty of fluffy white on the grass and trees and roofs, etc...

So you won't be as annoyed as people who get a lot of snow normally are when the rest of us are a bit jealous?

I watched the Raiders - Broncos game played in Denver last night and it was fun to see white stuff falling from the skies. Stace had better be prepared for a lot of envy between now and the New Year. I put flocked white stuff everywhere so at night I can pretend it is like it was when I was young. *sigh* I don't miss the traffic snarls, however!

nope Mark... won't annoy me at all! The first 'winter' Brandon and I were in Colorado it snowed on September 25th. I went over to his house... at 5am and made him get dressed and take a picture with me outside! I still like the white and the fluffy... and now that I have an all-wheel drive vehicle the driving in it isn't so bad either... there is just a sense of loss at losing temperate sunny days in one fell swoop with nine inches of snow and temperatures in the teens... It's funny Marcia... now that's we have Christmas seasons with snow when we go back to Texas something just doesn't seem right...

And Marcia... I was AT that game last night (working in the Team Leukemia concession stand) and I froze my bippy!!

Wow!!! Fantastic you were there (did you get to see any of it?)...and I'll bet your bippy was frozen. It is always the worst the first really cold snap of the year. Our bodies think we are playing cruel jokes on us and respond with cruel jokes of their own. Hot toddy weather, methinks! Next time there is a good accumulation, make snow angels for me. I miss being a little kid in the snow!

Well, today is pleasantly chilled in Austin.

OOoh, it really is in the 40's. I envy you. In the 70's as usual here...Sun shining after a night of gentle rain to water our plants and clean off the leaves and do general dust control...*sigh*

was 14 F this morning... has warmed up to mid 40's in the sunshine

That will melt your pretty white fluffy stuff! Then it will refreeze tonight making it really fun and games on the roadways. Or, is it too early for that in Colorado? (14�F = -10�C) (40�F = 4.44444444�C)

Temperature translations, Marcia! That is considerate! Surely it would take quite a while at mid-40s to thaw any serious snow? So long since we had any good stuff I don't remember

My pleasure on the conversion. My son got me a hand calculator which makes it very easy. I cannot stand not knowing how hot 42�C is when it sounds cold to me and they are complaining about the heat (107�F) - I do it for the non-Americans who seem to outnumber the locals. Thanks for your comments, Mark! Since Britain is surrounded by moderating seas, you do not get as much snow which looks Dickensian?!

and back to warmth... highs in the upper 50s (F) since Friday... Still snow on the north face of everything but if you stay in the sun, you don't notice!

I noted while watching the Colorado game on Saturday that most of the snow was gone with only patchy [places under the trees and on the mountains. I was rooting for you to win the game - not much love for Nebraska from this Penn Stater. I am sure the ski resorts would appreciate a good blizzard about now!

The resorts have still been getting snow... evidently they had enough last week to generate quite a few happy faces over Thanksgiving. The high country gets and maintains their snow until the weather warms up for good!

This is true...and I am very happy for the most beautiful state I have ever visited. I miss winter and autumn, my very most favorite season!

It was a very loud night in Hilo. Much lightning and resulting thunder and buckets of rain as noted below. That means snow on our mountains. The only time we get snow up there is when we have thunder storms. They are the only precipitation-inducing clouds we get which are high enough to snow on the tops of the mountains. BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WATCH NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HONOLULU HI 2 AM HST THU DEC 2 1999 ...A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 PM HST FOR PERSONS IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... ON NORTH AND EAST HAWAII INCLUDING THE HILO AND PUNA DISTRICTS A FLASH FLOOD WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR HEAVY RAINFALL AND FLASH FLOODING. PERSONS ON NORTH AND EAST HAWAII SHOULD TAKE NECESSARY PRECAUTIONS NOW TO PROTECT PROPERTY AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE QUICK ACTION IF HEAVY RAIN IS OBSERVED OR A FLASH FLOOD WARNING IS ISSUED. NOW THAT THE GROUND IS SATURATED IN MOST OF NORTH AND SOUTH HILO AND PUNA...ANY ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAIN MAY RESULT IN FLASH FLOODING. SATELLITE AND WEATHER RADAR SHOW MORE THUNDERSTORMS OVER WATER EAST AND SOUTHEAST OF THE BIG ISLAND. FLASH FLOODING MAY OCCUR IF THESE THUNDERSTORMS MOVE OVER LAND. MOTORISTS SHOULD BE ALERT FOR FLOODING AND SHOULD NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS FAST FLOWING OR RISING WATER...MANY FLASH FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR WHEN MOTORISTS TRY CROSSING FLOODED ROADWAYS. ESCAPE RISING WATER BY GOING DIRECTLY TO HIGHER GROUND. NEVER TRY TO OUTRUN A FLOOD EITHER ON FOOT OR IN YOUR VEHICLE. DO NOT CAMP NEAR STREAMS OR OTHER AREAS SUBJECT TO FLOODING. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...LOCAL TV OR RADIO FOR FURTHER NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INFORMATION. CRAIG NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HONOLULU

You and John are on high ground, I hope!

John teaches at the high school across the street from the Athletic Complex of UHHilo so is pretty high and as dry as anyone is going to be today. He lives in a condo on overlooking Hilo Bay and is well fortified against the elements. I am well above sea level and the yard is surrounded by a drainage "moat" which empties uner the street and goes down across the golf course and eventually into Hilo Bay. That "moat" is usually a mowed and grassy slope which is quite pretty, or partly a stone wall...with a offee tree growing in it at present time - the gift of the last flooding rains we had.

What is fun is listening to the public works road crews - they speak a language which is a whole nuther thing to English. It is very picturesque and semi-pidgin English with some Hawaiiand and Japanese mixed in for good measure. It is an adventure to listen to them (on scanner, of course.)

Check this picture for true snow in paradise. It IS snowing on Mauna Loa and Mauna Kea. This is from the 9,000 foot level (2743M) level on Mauna Loa

This picture is Mauna Kea with snow on the top from Mauna Loa. The camera is located atop the buildings in the previous photograph.

Fantastic! But why am I so surprised - high mountains will get snow however tropically situated. Madeira is the same.

I guess no one ever imagines Hawaii as having mountains that high. They think we are a single funnel-shaped volcano with a palm tree sticking out of the side and white beach all around the perimeter. Not so. This island is 200 sq miles (518 sq Km)and has green, black, brown and some white beaches...and mountains high enough to have snow on them right now!

Cooler weather headed this way. It's been delightful for a long, long time here.

I've noted your spring/fall weather rather jealously. Do you ever get snow on the ground in Austin.

Lets see if these update: For Austin and vicinity

Fierce Winter Storms Ravage Northern Europe COPENHAGEN (Reuters) - Fierce winter storms left at least 17 people dead and scores injured across northern Europe on Saturday, as well as causing millions of dollars of damage and severely disrupting power and transport. Emergency officials said a series of storms packing gale force winds and heavy rain or snow rolled eastward from Britain on Friday afternoon, causing devastation across Scandinavia, Germany, Poland and the Baltic states overnight. Denmark appeared hardest hit and officials there said six people were killed and many injured in the country's most powerful storm this century. Material damage was estimated at more than one billion crowns ($134.5 million), the Danish Insurance Information Service said. ``This is the worst storm in Denmark this century,'' an official at the Danish Meteorological Institute said on DR1 television. Rescue officials logged more than 4,000 reports of damage to buildings, mainly shattered windows and torn off roofs, DR1 said. THREE KILLED IN NORTHERN POLAND In northern Poland, falling trees killed three people early on Saturday as 62 mph winds swept across the country, downing power and telephone lines, damaging houses and wreaking havoc with road and rail transport. A giant 345 foot crane capable of lifting 900 tons was toppled into the sea at a shipyard in the Baltic port of Gdynia. Rail connections between Warsaw and the Baltic cities of Szczecin and Gdansk were cut by falling trees, the news agency PAP reported. Air traffic at northern airports was badly disrupted. ``Many homes are cut off from the world, without power or electricity,'' the agency said. Casualty figures are expected to rise as more information arrived from outlying areas, police officials said. In Sweden, three people were killed and more than 125,000 households and businesses were left without power when the storm swept southern and central regions. Power companies said every effort was being made to restore power in the Skane region, Dalsland and Nykoping but about 70,000 households remained without power on Saturday afternoon. The storm halted traffic at Swedish airports and ferry terminals. Several train services were also cancelled. OFFICIALS HOPEFUL FOR TRAPPED LATVIAN FISHERMEN In Latvia, officials at the port of Liepaja said they were hopeful that six men trapped under their capsized fishing vessel since before dawn could survive a another night of crashing waves and near freezing water. ``We wouldn't speculate what the odds of survival are but we sincerely hope that there could be people still alive inside the wreck,'' a port official told Reuters. He said the water temperature was about 35.60 degrees Fahrenheit with winds of 18 miles per hour. He added the waves remained strong and winds were expected to reach 55 miles per hour overnight. Lithuanian media reported a 13-year-old boy had been crushed to death after strong winds toppled the chimney of his house in the western region of Shilute. A 76-year-old Hamburg man died and 16 others were hurt in Germany, officials reported. Strong winds, which reached up to 110 mph, ripped off roofs, and flooding raised the sea level 19 feet in Hamburg. On Friday, three people were killed when a large tree fell onto traffic as gales swept central England. Rain, snow and heavy winds also caused serious travel problems in Scotland.

well marcia, thanks for the snow pics in hawaii because i would've been hard-pressed to believe it (and i know mountains in tropical zones get snow!!) we've got rain and cooler temps. it's beginning to feel like christmas (for Louisiana that is). but it's been sooooo muggy.

You have my commiseration on the humidity front. It has rained for so long everything I own aches - including inanimate objects and my refirgerator is sweating - I hate that! If we wanted to be in a really huge traffic jam we'd go up the mountain with some plywood or a sheet of galvanized metal and slide on the snow. But, we don't so we didn't... This is about as Christmassy as Hawaii gets, as well.

Where in Looziana are you? Gimme a town so I can put it on my weather program and see how you're doing.

Bossier City--and it's raining cats and dogs. there was some wind damage over in Marshal Texas but all the bad weather is moving east.

Ah...that band of bad weather on the above images (Response 170) are going eastward. I guess you are in the middle of it right about now...Keep warm and dry, Wolfie!!!

Oh, bummer!!! You have a tornado watch in effect. Sheesh! Hunker down, Dear. We cannot afford to have any Wolfies visiting Oz!

Oh good! The Response 170 weather maps of Austin and Texas in general update. I can keep watch over you now!

well, you can see that we are having a clear night, those temps are gonna drop. and it's been cold all day! *woohoo* feels like Christmas. now if i could just get the icicle lights on the outside of the house!

Oooh...you got those lovely dangly ones...they are very popular over here as it is the only time it looks like Christmas. In the daytime all of the green leaves and flowers show and it looks like summer! Looks like you are gonna have good weather and cold nights for a while - just about the entire country is cloud-free!

Chilly Willy!!! 20 degrees here.

That's getting down to the seriously cold...(-6.7�C) Almost "take a friend to bed to stay warm" temperatures! How cold does Austin get actually?

back into the high 40s yesterday and today... cold front tonight w/ a few inches of snow and highs only in the 20s tomorrow... I'll be in Hawaii in 3 1/2 days!

The weather will be lovely for you. Bring your surf board: Forecast For Hilo, Hi 4 Am Hst Tue Dec 7 1999 ...High Surf Advisory In Effect For North And West Shores... .Today...Brief Mainly Morning Showers. Frequently Sunny In The Afternoon. High In The Upper 70S. Trades 10 To 25 Mph. .Tonight...Brief Showers. Low In The Mid 60S. Variable Wind 5 To 15 Mph. .Wednesday...Mostly Cloudy With A Few Showers. High In The Upper 70S. Trades 10 To 25 Mph. Special weather statement 830 Am Hst Tue Dec 7 1999 ...A High Surf Advisory Is In Effect For The North And West Shores Of All Hawaiian Islands... Another Northwest Swell Generated Several Days Ago By A Storm In The North Pacific Will Arrive At Hawaii Today. Surf Along The North Shores Of Kauai And Oahu Will Rise To 12 To 18 Feet This Morning While West Shores Will See 8 To 12 Foot Surf. Somewhat Lower Surf Will Arrive Along The North And West Shores Of The Other Islands By Early Afternoon. The Surf Will Lower Wednesday But The High Surf Advisory Will Likely Remain In Effect. Beachgoers Are Urged To Stay Out Of The Water And Well Away From The Shorebreak Due To The Suddenly Rising Waves And Riptide Action. The Next Issuance Will Be At 830 Pm Hst Or Sooner If Needed. Craig National Weather Service Honolulu State Extended Forecast .Thursday Through Saturday...Increasing Showers Both Windward And Leeward. Chance Of Locally Heavy Showers. Trade Winds 20 To 3O Mph And Gusty Becoming 10 To 20 Mph Friday And Turning Southeast 5 To 15 Mph Saturday. Lows Upper 60S To Lower 70S. Highs Upper 70S To Mid 80S.

I did not send you any information because what tourism stuff we get here is so old and miserable, you are better off stopping by one of this kiosks at the airport and picking up a bunch for Honolulu, Oahu and whatever else interests you. Tomorrow, another weather update for you - and you can access our updating weather maps for the islands further up on these Responses.

the road were nice a clean from the last snow dumping we had but the snow was still hanging around on the grass... we got five inches over night and they expect up to 12 more this afternoon... 2 1/2 days and counting... pulled the bikini out... and the shorts and tank tops!

Kinda cool, cloudy, rainy and muggy 'round these hyar parts.

Bring sunblock, Stace! Even if it is cloudy, you're gonna burn in that radiation! Especially with all the tender parts emposed by that bikini...! (I have experienced same and have aloe vera plants growing all over - after the fact.) Austin's temp and humidity is almost like Hilo's today but we have trade winds starting and a blue sky, so it will be most pleasant later. Still high surf... Betcha don't get hardly any of those warnings in Austin! Forecast For Honolulu, Hi 10 Am Hst Wed Dec 8 1999 ...A High Surf Advisory Is In Effect For North And West Shores... .Today...Partly Sunny And Windy With A Few Showers. Gusty Trades 20 To 30 Mph. .Tonight And Thursday...Continued Windy With Brief Showers. Gusty Trades 20 To 30 Mph. Temperature Honolulu Airport 83 72 83 Kaneohe Mcbh 80 72 80 Makaha 81 71 81 Wahiawa 76 64 76 Special weather statement 830 Am Hst Wed Dec 8 1999 ...A High Surf Advisory Is In Effect For The North And West Shores Of All Hawaiian Islands... Surf Along All North And West Shores Will Be Lower Today...And The Downward Trend In Surf Heights Will Continue Through Thursday. The Forecast Calls For Surf Along The Northwest Facing Shores Of Kauai And Oahu To Be 6 To 10 Feet Today. Surf On The Other Islands Will Be Foot Or Two Lower. Beachgoers Are Urged To Stay Well Away From The Shorebreak Due To The Suddenly Rising Waves And Riptide Action. The Next Issuance Will Be At 830 Pm Hst Or Sooner If Needed. Craig National Weather Service Honolulu State Extended Forecast .Friday Through Sunday...Increasing Showers...Some Possibly Heavy. Trades 10 To 20 Mph Becoming Southeast 10 To 20 Mph Saturday And Sunday. Lows In The Upper 60S To Lower 70S. Highs Near 80.

Stacey's doing Hawaii?

Tomorrow, I think...The Honolulu Marathon is this weekend! It is now raining outside...but cool!

Gonna check to see if it will be live on the net....

Check http://virt-340.connix.com/chapters/southeastern/HonoluluMarathon.html for everythihng you ever wanted to know about the Honolulu Marathon on Dec 12th

RACE DAY NOTICE: The 1999 Honolulu Marathon will be held on Sunday, December 12th starting at 5 AM (HST). Unofficial results for the mens' champion and top mens' finishers will be posted to this website as soon as they come in from the finish line (sometime between 7:15 and 7:30 AM HST). Unofficial results for the womens' champion and top womens' finishers will also be posted as soon as they come in from the finish line (sometime between 7:40 and 7:50 AM HST). Other unofficial results will be posted and updated as they come in throughout the morning. Official results for all finishers will be posted to a searchable database when they become available. Local radio station KGU 760 AM will broadcast the Honolulu Marathon live from 5 to 8 AM on race day. Traffic to this website will increase more than 10 fold on race day and throughout the post-race week. With thousands of simultaneous hits, you may experience slow performance. Your patience is appreciated. Mahalo!

The above from the official Honolulu Marathon website http://www.honolulumarathon.org/

go stacey!!

(was gonna say "break a leg" for good luck...but thought the better of it...!)

Weather forecast for the Honolulu Marathon which begins at 5am HST (9am Austin) Metric | English | Both Updated: 06:53 PM HST on December 11, 1999 Observed at Temperature 74� F HeatIndex 72� F Humidity 91% Dewpoint 71� F Wind East at 6 mph Pressure 30.00 in Conditions Light Rain Visibility 8 miles Hourly Precipitation 0.010 in Sunrise 6:58 AM (HST) Sunset 5:53 PM (HST) Moon Rise 10:41 AM (HST) Moon Set 10:08 PM (HST) Moon Phase Historical Conditions Add this page to your Favorites. Add this sticker to your homepage! Honolulu, Hawaii 74� F Light Rain at 6:53 PM (Click for forecast) Forecast as of 4:00 pm HST on December 11, 1999 High surf advisory in effect for north and west shores... Tonight Cloudy with occasional rain...some locally heavy. Chance of thundershowers. Southeast wind 10 to 25 mph. Sunday Cloudy with occasional rain...some locally heavy. Chance of thundershowers. Southeast wind 10 to 25 mph.

Forecast For Honolulu, Hi 830 Pm Hst Fri Dec 10 1999 ...Flash Flood Watch In Effect Until 5 Am Saturday... ...High Surf Advisory In Effect For North And West Shores... .Tonight...Showers...Some Locally Heavy With A Chance Of A Thunderstorm. Southeast Winds 10 To 20 Mph. .Saturday...Mostly Cloudy With A Few Mainly Windward Showers. Chance Of A Heavy Shower Or Thundershower. Southeast Wind 10 To 20 Mph. .Saturday Night And Sunday...Mostly Cloudy. Showers Mainly Windward With A Chance Of Heavy Showers. Southeast Winds 10 To 20 Mph. . Temperature Honolulu Airport 73 81 73 81 Kaneohe Mcbh 74 79 74 79 Makaha 70 81 70 81 Wahiawa 65 74 65 74 State Extended Forecast .Monday Through Wednesday...Partly Cloudy With Showers Mainly Windward. Chance Of Heavy Showers Kauai And Oahu. East Winds 10 To 20 Mph Except Becoming Southeast 10 To 20 Mph Tuesday Over Kauai And Oahu. Highs Near 80. Lows In The Upper 60S.

I woke up at 4:30am this morning and listed to the start of the Honolulu Marathon. The weather is as big a part of the story as the runners today. They are saying it is the worst race conditions since 1987 with torrential downpours and gusty winds. Monsoon conditions - on this Island as well. The race favorites, the Ethiopians are falling behind and the Russian women ( but not including our own Tinianovna) are running strongly and in front of the pack. Poor Stace, this is Not the way to start your ca eer in Marathoning. However, she is not alone; Thousands are running for the benefit of cancer research in diverse areas. They have raised many thousands of dollars for their cause - a truly meritorious reason for pounding your pedal extremities to a pulp. Go Stace!

Hurrah for Stacey! :-)