Snow Closes Halekala Park (Maui, Hawaii)

KITV ^ | Jan 19, 2011 | Staff

[Islander7]

HONOLULU -- Snowfall and icy road conditions prompted officials at Haleakala National Park to close Wednesday morning.

Snow fell overnight and could be seen from all around Maui. Many KITV viewers sent in photos of the snowcapped mountain.

[fish hawk]

That is because you were at an altitude of 10,000 ft. While you were up there it was mid seventies to low eighties down at the beach.

[fish hawk]

That was a few days ago. I just now went outside and looked and there is no snow at all up there now. I live in Kihei and have a straight shot look all the way to the top.

[thackney]

Found It!!!

http://forecast.weather.gov/MapClick.php?lat=31.891259114173685&lon=-104.8615837097168&site=maf&smap=1&unit=0&lg=en&FcstType=text

[jack1165]

Nope. FLA was the hold out. Looking at the volcano now, its almost gone.

[jack1165]

I did the sunrise too. I later realized what an idiot I was. Go watch the sunset. Looks just the same in reverse and it is MUCH warmer!

[Fractal Trader]

ping

[Britt0n]

That’s what we did — watched the sunset because we didn’t want to get up in the middle of the night to drive up for the sunrise!

[jdsteel]

Yep, last week Florida was the only state without snow on the ground.

[Islander7]

This was posted today on the TV website. Thought it was kind of cool. I knew the peaks on the Big Island got snow, but did not realize Maui did.

[Ciexyz]

You folks in Hawaii can call yourselves snowbirds now, hehe.

[fish hawk]

My daughter put that picture on Face book. You would be surprised of how many Mainlanders don't think it ever snows in Hawaii.

[Islander7]

I posted it to FB too. Popped a lot bubbles. Folks had absolutely no idea. Well, it is about 10,000, you know!

[HiJinx]

I remember you saying that back when.

Got socks?

[steelyourfaith]

Thanx Fractal Trader !

 

Beam me to Planet Gore !

[tubebender]

Ha Ha...

[dfwgator]

They found Obama’s Birth Certificate there.

[houeto]

Awesome link! Thanks thackney.

[thackney]

Your welcome. I’ve never seen anything like that before and was impressed myself.

I know many people in Alaska that would have loved a tool like that for backpacking trips.

[oust the louse]

So does that mean that there is Snow in all 50 states now?

all 57 states....

[happydogx2]

It reached 82 degrees in Kaanapali yesterday and we snorkeled to cool off. That volcano is pretty high & does get snow every now and then. We’ve toured the top but the sunrise adventure will have to wait.