{"id":1084034,"date":"2021-12-04T13:59:10","date_gmt":"2021-12-04T18:59:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1084034"},"modified":"2021-12-04T13:59:12","modified_gmt":"2021-12-04T18:59:12","slug":"video-blizzard-warning-issued-for-hawaii-12-inches-of-snow-expected","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/video-blizzard-warning-issued-for-hawaii-12-inches-of-snow-expected\/","title":{"rendered":"VIDEO: Blizzard Warning Issued for Hawaii; 12 Inches of Snow Expected"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fvideo-blizzard-warning-issued-for-hawaii-12-inches-of-snow-expected%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1084034&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/AP_18319676990755.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" \/><\/div>\n<p class=\"subheading\">Officials issued a blizzard warning for Hawaii, forecasting that at least 12 inches of snow will fall over the weekend.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe warning is in effect for the Big Island summits from 6 p.m. Friday through 6 a.m. Sunday local time,\u201d ABC News <a href=\"https:\/\/abcnews.go.com\/US\/blizzard-warning-issued-hawaii-12-inches-snow-forecast\/story?id=81542659\">reported<\/a> Friday.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"gmxrevmore\" class=\"H\"><\/figure>\n<p>Meanwhile, wind gusts reaching more than 100 miles per hour were also expected, the <a href=\"https:\/\/forecast.weather.gov\/wwamap\/wwatxtget.php?cwa=hfo&amp;wwa=blizzard%20warning\">alert<\/a> from the National Weather Service Honolulu said.<\/p>\n<p>Although a blizzard warning for Hawaii might be a surprise, snow is not an uncommon occurrence, the ABC report said, adding, \u201cThe summits of the Big Island\u2019s Mauna Kea and Mauna Loa volcanoes reach nearly 14,000 feet in elevation.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<p>In addition, a flood watch was also issued for the Hawaiian islands until Monday afternoon because of a prolonged period of heavy rainfall expected over the weekend.<\/p>\n<p>Video footage <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=Sasip3vD3rY\">showed<\/a> the winter weather conditions:<\/p>\n<p>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Hawaii Hit With Flood Watch, Blizzard Warnings\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Sasip3vD3rY?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/p>\n<p>The weather in Hawaii is because of the \u201ckona low,\u201d which is a seasonal cyclone that brings moisture from the south, Weather Channel meteorologist Are Sarsalari explained.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe coverage of the precipitation is going to get a little more intense into the weekend,\u201d Sarsalari noted on Friday.&nbsp;\u201cThis is going to be a lot of rain, so be prepared for some flooding issues.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In regard to the blizzard warning, it was more common than most people might think, Cyrus Johnasen, who is the director of communications in Hawaii County, told Fox Weather.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe largest mountain on our island is about 13,600 feet or so, and the second is a little bit under that, a couple hundred feet below. So, really the blizzards and the storms and all this type of weather patterns, they happen all the time up there,\u201d Johnasen explained.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnd a lot of us down wind, or down the mountain don\u2019t really feel anything,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Officials issued a blizzard warning for Hawaii, forecasting that at least 12 inches of snow will fall over the weekend. \u201cThe warning is in effect for the Big Island summits &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":45,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1084034","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1084034","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/45"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1084034"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1084034\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1084034"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1084034"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1084034"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}