It gets out much faster than if we had to stop and record these messages each time we issued a warning.
I actually am on record three weeks ago saying, 'no, this is just a normal wet period,' but we're definitely past that now.
In the normal pattern of things, those storms, those pieces of energy in that storm track will move out very quickly, and when they do they'll pull away.
It is creating more instability in the atmosphere, allowing the thunderstorms to grow to sizes and heights that we don't normally see in Hawaii.
In normal times, it would come for a day or two, then move out. For a number of reasons, globally this winter, the pattern has remained static, and this low-pressure system is not moving out.
Be prepared, be aware, turn around, don't drown, don't drive into those waters, don't put yourself into harms way.
We can say that in a period of 30 days we are seeing some near record, if not record, amounts in some of these locations.
Flooding will develop rather quickly in areas that have seen the heavy rains over the last thee weeks. It won't take much to push those areas back into a dangerous situation. So we all need to be aware of what's happening around us, especially this afternoon and tomorrow.
The taller that storm is, the more air that is rushing up. And as that air rushes up into the storm, it is making those winds turn with height, and that spinning is what causes the tornado vortex that drops down out of the cloud.
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