HONOLULU — The summits of Hawaii’s Big Island could get more than 2 feet of snow, with a winter storm warning in effect through today.
Yes, it snows in Hawaii, National Weather Service meteorologist Matthew Foster, in Honolulu, said he explained to surprised out-of-state callers Friday.
“Typically when we get these snow events, it does get a lot of attention,” he said, adding that he explains to curious callers that the snow is falling in a small, remote area where there are mainly telescopes and scientists. “We do have very high mountains here.”
Once they realize the heights of the mountains, snow in the Island State makes a little more sense, said Ryan Lyman, forecast meteorologist with the Mauna Kea Weather Center. Mauna Kea is nearly 14,000 feet above sea level.