Drought in Hawaii, November 1 to 30, 2007

Name: Drought in Hawaii, November 1 to 30, 2007
Start: 2007-11-01T00:00
End: 2007-11-30T23:59
Location: Hawaii

November 1 to 30, 2007 · NWS HFO · 1 event in 1 county or zone

A 30 percent reduction in water consumption for users of the Waimanalo Irrigation System remained in effect. Precipitation was more plentiful in November, but there was not enough to move officials to lift mandatory restrictions.

Where it happened

Every event with a place to put it; 1 filed by county or forecast zone are drawn at its center, in a lighter ring. Tap one for its entry below.

Tornadoes
Tropical storms and surge
Floods
Wind
Hail
Winter weather
Heat and drought
Cold
Fire, smoke and dust
Marine and coastal
Other

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The toll

Deaths: 0
Injuries: 0
Property damage: None recorded
Crop damage: None recorded
Events: 1

Deaths and injuries are direct and indirect together, as the offices filed them. Damage is property and crops in the dollars of the year, not adjusted for inflation, and only where an office estimated it.

What happened

The episode as NWS HFO wrote it up.

This portion of Honolulu County was put under the D2 classification in the Drought Monitor as of September 6, 2007.

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before the first event, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Honolulu, HI wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Oct 31, 9:00 PM HST, 3 hours earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Oct 31, 9:00 PM HST, 3 hours before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HONOLULU HI
900 PM HST WED OCT 31 2007

.SYNOPSIS...
SCATTERED SHOWERS THAT WERE LOCALLY HEAVY WERE CENTERED OVER MAINLY
OAHU WITH HALLOWEEN EVENING PRECIPITATION RANGING UP TO ONE HALF
INCH FROM THE KOOLAUS THOUGH SOUTH CENTRAL OAHU. TRADE WIND SHOWERS
ARE AGAIN EXPECTED TO AFFECT MAINLY THE CENTRAL ISLANDS FROM MAUI TO
OAHU THURSDAY. TRADES WILL DISAPPEAR FRIDAY AND CHANCES ARE
INCREASING THAT THE WEEKEND WEATHER WILL BE WET.

&&

.SHORT TERM TODAY THROUGH FRIDAY...
THE NEARLY STATIONARY UPPER LOW ABOUT 200 MILES WEST OF THE BIG
ISLAND CONTINUES TO PRODUCE UNSTABLE CONDITIONS WITH THUNDERSTORMS
IN THAT AREA. NEARER TO THE ISLANDS...A BAND OF SHOWERS WILL
CONTINUE AFFECTING THE CENTRAL ISLANDS THROUGH HALF OF THURSDAY
NIGHT. SOME INCREASE IN THE TRADE WIND TYPE SHOWERS IS AGAIN
EXPECTED ACROSS THE SAME CENTRAL ISLAND AREA THURSDAY AFTERNOON.
THIS IS POSSIBLY THE RESULT OF A WEAK WESTWARD MOVING SURFACE TROUGH
PRESENTLY ENHANCING CONVECTION IN THE VICINITY OF THE UPPER LOW.
NEXT FORECAST PACKAGE WILL MENTION OF CHANCE OF HEAVY SHOWERS IN
CENTRAL ISLANDS FOR THURSDAY. WHILE SHOWERS WILL BE FOCUSED OVER
WINDWARD LOCALES...SHOWERS WILL PERIODICALLY DRIFT LEEWARD.

THE TRADE WINDS WEAKEN AND SHIFT OUT OF THE SOUTHEAST THURSDAY NIGHT
AND FRIDAY... AND BY FRIDAY AFTERNOON SEA BREEZES WILL BE EVIDENT
WITH CLOUDS AND SHOWERS FAVORING INTERIOR SECTIONS.

&&

.LONG TERM FRIDAY NIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY...
ENOUGH AGREEMENT BETWEEN MODELS TO BE FAIRLY CONFIDENT OF A WET
WEEKEND... SUNDAY PERHAPS BEING THE WETTEST DAY. THE UPPER LOW
PRESENTLY TO OUR EAST WEAKENS WHILE A MID LATITUDE UPPER TROUGH DIPS
SOUTHWARD FRIDAY BECOMING AN UPPER LOW ABOUT 300 MILES WEST OF KAUAI
SUNDAY MORNING. NOGAPS AND ETA PLACE THIS KONA TYPE LOW A LITTLE
FARTHER NORTH. THE ECMWF HAS SWITCHED TO PLACING A CUT OFF LOW A
LITTLE MORE THAN 600 MILES NORTH OF THE ISLANDS AND SLOWLY MOVING AN
UPPER TROUGH ACROSS THE ISLANDS SUNDAY AND MONDAY. FORECAST STILL
FAVORS THE KONA LOW SOLUTION WITH THE POTENTIAL FOR FLOODING RAINS
DURING THE WEEKEND. AN UPPER LOW IN THIS POSITION IMPLIES SOME
DEGREE OF MOIST UNSTABLE SOUTHERLY FLOW ALOFT AND A SURFACE TROUGH
ALSO JUST WEST OF THE STATE WITH SOUTH TO SOUTHEASTERLY WINDS ON THE
SURFACE. THE UPPER LOW IS PROGGED TO MOVE WESTWARD ALLOWING TRADES
TO GRADUALLY RETURN BY MID WEEK.

&&

.MARINE...
SMALL CRAFT ADVISORIES FOR THE TYPICALLY WINDY PORTIONS OF THE
COASTAL WATERS NEAR MAUI AND THE BIG ISLAND WILL EXPIRE THURSDAY.
ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS ARE JUST WEST OF THE COASTAL WATERS
NORTHEAST OF THE BIG ISLAND.

LATE-SEASON SOUTH SWELL WILL APPROACH THE ADVISORY LEVEL EARLY
FRIDAY... BUT A LARGER SOUTH SWELL WILL LIKELY REQUIRE A SOUTH
SHORE HIGH SURF ADVISORY SUNDAY THROUGH TUESDAY.

&&

.HFO WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY...MAALAEA BAY...THE WATERS SOUTH OF THE BIG
ISLAND...AND THE PAILOLO AND ALENUIHAHA CHANNELS THROUGH TONIGHT.

&&

HOAG

The radar

The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.

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Event by event

1 drought. Local standard time, as filed.

Drought, Olomana

When: November 1, 12:00 AM HST to November 30, 11:59 PM HST
Where: Olomana forecast zone
Reported by: County Official
Coordinates: 21.455, -157.961 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

What these are

Drought: A drought reaching severe (D2) or worse on the US Drought Monitor, or with notable impacts.

After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.

The same day elsewhere

Every storm in Hawaii in 2007 Every state in 2007 This day in weather history Warnings in Hawaii, November 2007

Sources

NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 65560.