Wānana nā loea ma NOAA i kekahi kau makani pāhili ʻano nāwaliwali ma o nā kūlana o La Nina. 

Kā ka luna hoʻoponopono nota: Unuhi ʻia na Ākea Kahikina.here to read this article in English.

Hiki i nā kamaʻāina ma Ჹɲʻ nei ke kuhi aku i kahi kau makani pāhili maʻamau ʻole i kēia makahiki, wahi a nā luna nui o ka National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration ma ka Pōʻalua. 

Wānana nā loea ma NOAA, me ka huʻe ʻana i ko lākou ʻike kilo no ke kau makani pāhili o ka makahiki 2024, e loaʻa ana hoʻokahi a ʻehā mau makani pāhili ma ka poho o ka Pakipika Waena. 

  • Civil Beat stories ma ka ʻōlelo Ჹɲʻ

ʻO Christopher Brenchley, ka luna o ka Central Pacific Hurricane Center a ka National Weather Service, nāna nō i wehewehe maila, ʻo ka nāwaliwali o ke ʻano o kēia kau, ʻo ia nō ka hopena a nā wai e anuanu ana i kokoke i Kapikoowākea, ʻo ia paha ka mea e hoʻopuka nei i ke kūlana he La Nina. Hiki i kēia ʻano kūlana ke hoʻonui aʻe i ka holo makani ma Ჹɲʻ a me ka Pakipika Waena, a ʻo ka hoʻēmi ihola nō ia o nā makani pāhili. 

Wahi a nā loea, ʻo ka pahiki o ka hoʻomohala ʻia ʻana o La Nina, e hoʻonui ʻia ana paha mai ka waena o ke kauwela a ma hope aku. 

Electric Beach swimmers calm waters Leeward Oahu tropical storm hurricane Calvin Hawaii Hazardous conditions sign Pacific Ocean blue water
Ke wānana nei nā mea noiʻi ma NOAA i kahi kau makani pāhili ʻano nāwaliwali ma ka makahiki 2024. (Kevin Fujii/Civil Beat/2023)

ʻO kā NOAA wānana, he māka ia nāna e hōʻike aku i kekahi hoʻololi nui ma nā kūlana kūikawā ma ka Pakipika, wahi a Brenchley. 

Ua wehewehe ʻia ke kau o ka makahiki 2023 me nā kūlana he El Nino, a ua manaʻo ʻia, he ʻano maʻamau kona. Ma kēlā wā, ua loaʻa ʻehā makani pāhili ma ka Pakipika Waena, a ʻo kekahi o ia mau makani pāhili — ʻo Dora kona inoa — ua holo laulā mai hikina a i komohana o ka Pakipika. 

I loko nō o ke kuhi ʻia o ka nāwaliwali o kēia kau, ʻaʻole i paʻa loa kahi mea. 

Ma ke kau makani pāhili o ka makahiki 2020, ua kuhi ʻia kona ʻano nāwaliwali, akā, ʻo ka makani pāhili ʻo Douglas, ʻo ia nō ka ikaika loa o ka ʻino i holo aku, mai hikina a i waenakonu o ka Pakikpika, mai ka makahiki 2018 aku, a ua hala kokoke loa ia ʻino ma waho aʻe o ka pae ʻāina. 

“I loko nō o ke kuhi ʻia ʻana o ka nāwaliwali, ʻo kēia nō ka wā e hoʻomākaukau ai,” wahi a John Bravender, he Warning Coordination Meteorologist ma ka Central Pacific Hurricane. “ʻAʻole hiki ke hoʻomaopopo leʻa ʻia, e like ana kēia ʻano me ko ka makahiki 2017, ka wā i nele ai ka makani ma ke kai, a i ʻole ko ka makahiki 2020, ka wā i hala kokoke loa ai ʻo Douglas ma waho pono aʻe o kākou ma ka ʻaoʻao ʻākau.”

Ua paipai mai ʻo Brenchley i nā kamaʻāina, e hoʻomākaukau pono kākou a e hoʻolako i nā lako ulia pōpilikia no nā lā he 14. 

“Ma ka ʻalo ʻana i kahi makani pāhili, he koʻikoʻi ka hoʻomākaukau ʻana i kēia kau, a ʻaʻole e kali no kekahi kau e kuhi ʻia ana ka makani ikaika,” wahi a Brenchley. “ʻO ka hana nui a me ka hana iki e hana ʻia, he mea ia e ʻonipaʻa ai ke kaiāulu, i loko nō o ka makani ʻino nāna e hoʻopilikia aku i ke kaiāulu.”

ʻO Kevin Kodama, he Senior Service Hydrologist ma ka Weather Forecast Office a ka National Weather Service ma Honolulu, nāna nō i paipai pū i kēlā manaʻo o luna. 

“Hiki i hoʻokahi makani ʻino ke hoʻololi ʻokoʻa i kou ola, kou ʻohana, a me kou kaiāulu,” wahi āna. “Ma mua o ka hoʻomaka ʻana o ke kau makani pāhili o kēia makahiki, paipai ka mokuʻāina ʻo Ჹɲʻ iā kākou e nānā pono i nā pilikia makani pāhili a e loaʻa mai kahi hoʻolālā ulia pōpilikia.” 

Ua kākoʻo ʻia kēia papahana e ka ʻOhana o Harry Nathaniel, Levani Lipton, ka ʻOhana Mar, a me Lisa Kleissner.

Support Independent, Unbiased News

Civil Beat is a nonprofit, reader-supported newsroom based in Ჹɲʻ. When you give, your donation is combined with gifts from thousands of your fellow readers, and together you help power the strongest team of investigative journalists in the state.

 

About the Author