Drought, Maui Windward West
- When
- July 15, 12:00 AM HST to July 31, 11:59 PM HST
- Where
- Maui Windward West forecast zone
- Reported by
- County Official
- Coordinates
- 21.027, -156.788 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Drought in Hawaii, July 15 to 31, 2008
Dry conditions over parts of Maui continued to plague residents and agricultural concerns. Water restrictions were increased with the lack of rainfall.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it; 2 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
The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 3
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.
Dry conditions over parts of Maui continued to plague residents and agricultural concerns. Water restrictions were increased with the lack of rainfall.
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 Jul 14, 8:30 PM HST, 3 hours 30 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 14, 8:30 PM HST, 3 hours 30 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HONOLULU HI 830 PM HST MON JUL 14 2008 .SYNOPSIS...LIGHT TRADE WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO ALLOW AFTERNOON SEA BREEZES TO FORM ISOLATED SHOWERS UPSLOPE THROUGH WEDNESDAY. BUILDING TRADES WILL SHIFT MOST RAINFALL WINDWARD BY THE WEEKEND. && .DISCUSSION... ALTHOUGH TRADE WINDS PERSISTED ACROSS WATERS SURROUNDING THE MAIN HAWAIIAN ISLANDS...FEW OBSERVATIONS SHOWED SPEEDS IN EXCESS OF 10 KNOTS. THUS...SUMMER HEATING ON LAND LED TO WIDESPREAD SEA BREEZES...WHICH TOGETHER WITH A HIGH INVERSION PRODUCED LOCALLY HEAVY SHOWERS IN THE AFTERNOON. THESE SHOWERS NOW WERE TAPERING OFF...THOUGH A FEW WILL LINGER WELL INTO THE EVENING. ALOFT...A COL BETWEEN TWO MID-LEVEL HIGHS LAY OVER THE ISLANDS... PROVIDING MUCH OF THE INSTABILITY RAISING THE INVERSION. GUIDANCE PREDICTS THIS FEATURE TO WANDER AROUND OVER THE ISLANDS THROUGH MOST OF THE WEEK...SO ANY DEVELOPING SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE TO RECEIVE SUPPORT. HOWEVER...STRENGTHENING RIDGING ALOFT WILL BE REFLECTED AT THE SURFACE BY A BUILDING SUBTROPICAL RIDGE...SO INCREASED TRADES WILL SHIFT PRECIPITATION INCREASINGLY TO WINDWARD SLOPES. LATER IN THE WEEK...GUIDANCE PREDICTS A PLUME OF MOISTURE FROM THE DEEP TROPICS TO REACH THE LATITUDE OF THE MAIN HAWAIIAN ISLANDS FAR TO THE EAST. THIS PLUME...TOGETHER WITH MODERATELY STRONG TRADES... MAY PRODUCE MORE WIDESPREAD RAINFALL ACROSS THE STATE DURING THE FIRST HALF OF THE WEEKEND. GIVEN THE DIFFICULTY OF PREDICTING THE MOTION OF THIS RELATIVELY SMALL FEATURE SO FAR OUT IN TIME...THE FORECAST MAY REQUIRE SOME ADJUSTMENT THROUGH THE WEEK...BUT IF SUCH A PLUME IS INDEED CREATED AND DOES REACH US...THEN AT THE VERY LEAST THE ISLANDS WILL SEE WET TRADES. && .MARINE... SWELLS FROM THE SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE AFFECTING SOUTH-FACING SHORES OF THE STATE WILL BUILD SLIGHTLY THROUGH MIDWEEK...THOUGH SURF HEIGHTS ARE EXPECTED TO REMAIN BELOW THE THRESHOLD FOR A HIGH SURF ADVISORY. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY MAY BE NEEDED IN THE CHANNELS AND AROUND HEADLANDS BY THE WEEKEND. && .HFO WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NONE. && RYSHKO
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
3 drought. Local standard time, as filed.
Drought, Maui Leeward West
- When
- July 15, 12:00 AM HST to July 31, 11:59 PM HST
- Where
- Maui Leeward West forecast zone
- Reported by
- County Official
- Coordinates
- 21.027, -156.788 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Drought, Maui Central Valley
- When
- July 15, 12:00 AM HST to July 31, 11:59 PM HST
- Where
- Maui Central Valley forecast zone
- Reported by
- County Official
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
- Damaging Winds and Lightning Strike in Texas, July 15, 2008
- Lightning Strike and Heavy Rain in Florida, July 15 to 17, 2008
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Iowa, July 15, 2008
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Nebraska, July 15 to 16, 2008
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Michigan, July 15, 2008
- Flash Flooding and Flooding in Nebraska, July 15 to 21, 2008
- Flash Flood in Louisiana, July 15, 2008
- Flash Flooding and Hail in New Mexico, July 15, 2008
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Nebraska, July 15, 2008
- Hail and Damaging Wind in South Dakota, July 15, 2008
- Marine Thunderstorm Winds and Waterspout in Gulf of Mexico, July 15, 2008
- Hail in Minnesota, July 15, 2008
More
Every storm in Hawaii in 2008Every state in 2008This day in weather historyWarnings in Hawaii, July 2008
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: 121200, 121201, 121202.