John Bravender News Today

John Bravender, the Warning Coordination Meteorologist of the National Weather Service, shares what you should do to prepare for the months ahead.

May 19-25 is also Hurricane Preparedness Week in Hawai’i and officials urge everyone in the state to take action now, before a tropical cyclone looms, to make sure they, their loved ones and neighbors have what they need to weather a storm.

Shift from El Nino to La Nina conditions also means there likely will be fewer tropical cyclones, including tropical depressions, tropical storms and hurricanes, will move through the Central Pacific during the 2024 hurricane season.

Several professionals gathered at the state capitol Thursday for an informational briefing to alert people to the immediacy and magnitude of the threat that climate change poses to Hawaii.

The City and County of Honolulu is taking safety precautions for the Kona Low, opening up the Kaelepulu stream at Kailua Beach Park to the ocean. This way, incase of

While there is no particular area of the Big Island under more threat from the storm than others, with moisture being pulled from south of the state, areas in Kaʻū and Puna could see more widespread rainfall over larger areas.

The 2023 hurricane season officially draws to a close Thursday, extending to five years a run of average to below-average Central Pacific hurricane seasons.

While there is no particular area of the Big Island under more threat from the storm than others, with moisture being pulled from south of the state, areas in Kaʻū and Puna could see more widespread rainfall over larger areas.

The National Weather Service is monitoring dry conditions, strong winds, and low humidity that is fueling the fire weather watch for Leeward portions of the state. Meanwhile, the state is coordinating additional firefighting resources in case of emergencies.

The National Weather Serv­ice on Monday issued a fire weather watch for the leeward side of all Hawaiian Islands, effective from Wednesday afternoon through Thursday afternoon.