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Posted: Dec 4, 2021 / 1:55 PM CST
Updated Dec 4, 2021 / 1:55 PM CST
HONOLULU (AP) – The National Weather Service issued a snowstorm warning for mountains on Hawaii’s Big Island, saying gusts of over 160 km / h and 30.4 inches or more of snow are possible.
The warning, which ran through Sunday morning for the Big Island peaks, said that “travel should be limited to emergencies only” and that those who must travel should have a winter survival kit.
Blizzard warnings for Hawaii are rare but not unheard of. The Big Island has mountain peaks that reach nearly 14,000 feet (more than 4,200 meters). CNN reported that the National Weather Service’s last snow storm warning in Hawaii was more than three and a half years ago.
Snow threatens in Hawaii as locations in the Rockies more used to white winter weather are close to breaking records for days without snow. Denver’s maximum temperature on Wednesday reached 23 degrees Celsius, building on the 1973 record.
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