Phenomena affecting Hawaii

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Phenomena affecting Hawaii

• Planetary scale subtropical H
• Synoptic scale - fronts
• Mesoscale island effects

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Fig. 7-5, p. 174
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H
H
Warm
Cool
Cool
Warm
L
L
Valley breeze
Mountain breeze
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Fig. 7-11, p. 178
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• Hawaiian weather
• 1- planetary subtropical H produces trades and
  the inversion yielding ENE flow about 300 days
  per year and shallow Cu
• 2- synoptic about 10 fronts per year make winter
  the wetter part of the year for many parts of the
  islands (mostly lee areas)
• 3- mesoscale terrain forces air upward, thermal
  effects cause sea and land breezes island shape
  and size strongly modify rainfall
• Kona coast is odd summer is the wettest has
• strong sea-breeze in the summer

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Fig. 7-4, p. 172
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Fig. 7-14, p. 180