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Something you may have heard of and we break it on down so it's easy to understand. We have what we call a Kona Low setting up. What in the world is a Kona low in Hawaii? The name the term Kona means leeward. Why is that important? Because typically what we see in Hawaii are northeasterly trade winds here that bring in showers on the northern side of the islands here. #konalow #hawaii #weather #weatherwhys But in the Kona Low, you get the low on the leeward side of the islands and you get this wind direction. It's a change of direction. No, not out of the north northeast, but out of the west southwest. And Kona Lows produce major problems for the islands here, mostly in the form of heavy rain, thunderstorms and there could be flash flooding in sometimes, especially in winter, these Kona Lows can get strong enough that you can get, heavy snow in the volcano summits along the Big Island. Especially now. What's going on in Hawaii? We have a Kona Low setting up. Look at that low pressure...

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