Video, photos: Hawaiʻi Island summits have snow and spewing lava
For the summits of 13,803-foot Maunakea and 13,679-foot Mauna Loa on the Big Island, the National Weather Service issued winter storm warnings through 6 p.m. Monday.
Snow begins at levels of 12,000 feet.
Winds are expected to strengthen late Sunday night through Monday with periods of blizzard-like conditions expected on Monday, with gusts as high as 60 mph.
Travel could be very difficult to impossible, with additional accumulations of more than a foot of snow. The snow also will significantly reduce visibility at times.
At the top of Maunakea on the Big Island around 3:30 p.m. Sunday, observatory webcams show a winter wonderland with calm winds. Temperatures were around 28 degrees Fahrenheit.
To watch a time lapse form the United Kingdom Infra-Red Telescope Observatory on Maunakea, click here.
Current image looking at south sky and Mauna Loa mountain. Camera is located in the Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory’s Submillimeter Array on Mauna Kea.- Webcam photo of snow at from Keck Observatory on the summit of Maunakea on Jan. 29, 2023.
- Webcam photo of snow at from Keck Observatory on the summit of Maunakea on Jan. 29, 2023.
- Webcam photo of snow at Canada-France telescope on the summit of Maunakea on Jan. 29, 2023.
- View of snow on Mauna Loa’s northeast rift zone from Hawaiian Volcanoes Observatory’s observation tower. Photo: U.S. Geological Survey
- View of snow on Mauna Loa’s northeast rift zone from Hawaiian Volcanoes Observatory’s observation tower. Photo: U.S. Geological Survey
- Snow on Mokuʻāweoweo Caldera from the northwest rim on Mauna Loa on the Big Island. Webcam photo: U.S. Geological Survey
And to see what’s happening now at Halemaʻumaʻu crater on the summit of Kīlauea, the Big island volanco that has been erupting for weeks, click here for a live webcam.
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