Moisture from a dissipating front was the fuel necessary as heavy showers and isolated thunderstorms affected the state as an upper trough moved near the island chain. Wintry weather and high winds were also a part of the mix at the summits of Mauna Kea and Mauna Loa on the Big Island.
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The episode as NWS HFO wrote it up.
Moisture from a dissipating front was the fuel necessary as heavy showers and isolated thunderstorms affected the state as an upper trough moved near the island chain. Wintry weather and high winds were also a part of the mix at the summits of Mauna Kea and Mauna Loa on the Big Island. No serious property damage or injuries were reported.
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 Jan 25, 8:30 PM HST, 3 hours 9 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HONOLULU HI 830 PM HST SAT JAN 25 2014 .SYNOPSIS... A COLD FRONT FROM THE NORTHWEST WILL BRING INCREASED CLOUD COVER... AND A FEW LIGHT SHOWERS...TO MUCH OF THE STATE TONIGHT INTO SUNDAY. A COLD LOW PASSING OVERHEAD WILL RAISE THE RISK OF HEAVY RAIN AND THUNDERSTORMS FROM MONDAY INTO TUESDAY. DRY AND COOL CONDITIONS AROUND MID-WEEK WILL YIELD TO A SHORT PERIOD OF TRADE WINDS LATE IN THE WEEK...BUT THEN A STRONGER FRONT WILL SPREAD RAIN OVER MOST OF THE STATE NEXT WEEKEND. && .DISCUSSION... STABLE MARINE STRATUS LAYERS ENVELOPED PARTS OF THE MAIN HAWAIIAN ISLANDS UNDER THE REMNANTS OF THE SUBTROPICAL RIDGE...WHILE A WEAKENING FRONTAL CLOUD BAND APPROACHED KAUAI FROM THE NORTHWEST. WINDS WERE GENERALLY SOUTHWESTERLY ACROSS THE STATE...AND SPEEDS VARIED FROM NEARLY CALM...TO APPROACHING MODERATE TRADE-WIND STRENGTH. STRONGER NORTHWESTERLIES PREVAILED WELL BEHIND THE FRONT...BUT SATELLITE MEASUREMENTS SHOWED LOWER SPEEDS ALONG THE FEATURE ITSELF. ALOFT...A BROAD AND DEEP TROUGH WAS PRESENT NORTH OF THE STATE...BUT FLAT RIDGING HELD ON OVERHEAD AND IMMEDIATELY TO THE SOUTH...LIMITING DYNAMIC SUPPORT FOR THE FRONT. THE AIR MASS AS A WHOLE WAS VERY DRY...EVEN TAKING INTO ACCOUNT THE MOISTURE CONTENT OF THE STABLE LOW CLOUDS. THUS...THE FRONT IS NOT LIKELY TO PRODUCE MUCH MORE THAN AREAS OF LIGHT RAIN AS IT MOVES SOUTHEAST DOWN THE ARCHIPELAGO THROUGH THE REST OF THE WEEKEND. HOWEVER...GUIDANCE PREDICTED A SHORTER WAVE TO DEEPEN THE TROUGH ALOFT FROM SUNDAY NIGHT INTO MONDAY...BRINGING A DYNAMIC BOOST...AND A POCKET OF COLDER AIR...OVER THE ISLANDS. STABILITY LIKELY WILL BOTTOM OUT ON TUESDAY...RAISING THE POSSIBILITY OF THUNDERSTORMS AND A FEW HEAVY SHOWERS...THOUGH AREAL COVERAGE PROBABLY WILL NOT BE LARGE. THE FRONTAL CLOUD BAND SHOULD BRING ENOUGH PRECIPITABLE WATER TO SUPPORT DEEP CONVECTION...THOUGH IT MAY BE A VERY CLOSE CALL GIVEN THE DRY AIR MASS CURRENTLY IN PLACE. COOL...DRY NORTHERLY WINDS FOLLOWING THE FRONT THEN WILL SHIFT TO MORE FAMILIAR NORTHEASTERLIES AS THE AIR MASS MODERATES ON WEDNESDAY. FROM THURSDAY INTO FRIDAY...WIND DIRECTION WILL BECOME SOUTHEASTERLY AS A SECOND...STRONGER FRONT APPROACHES FROM THE NORTHWEST. GUIDANCE PREDICTED THIS NEW FEATURE TO HAVE SUBSTANTIAL SUPPORT FROM AN ENERGETIC MID-LEVEL TROUGH DEEPENING TOWARD THE STATE AROUND THIS TIME...THOUGH SIGNIFICANT DIFFERENCES STILL REMAINED AMONG SOLUTIONS. IN ANY CASE...THE SECOND FRONT SHOULD HAVE ALL THE INGREDIENTS TO BRING SUBSTANTIAL RAIN TO THE STATE OVER NEXT WEEKEND. && .MARINE... THE CURRENT NORTHWEST SWELL WILL CONTINUE TO TREND DOWNWARD TONIGHT...BUT THEN A LARGER INCOMING NORTHWEST SWELL WILL PUSH SURF TO WARNING LEVELS ON SUNDAY. A HIGH SURF ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT UNTIL SUNDAY MORNING FOR NORTH- AND WEST-FACING SHORES...AND THEN A HIGH SURF WARNING GOES INTO EFFECT THROUGH EARLY MONDAY MORNING. SEE LIST OF AFFECTED AREAS BELOW. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY HAS BEEN EXTENDED THROUGH THE DAY MONDAY TO COASTAL WATERS EXPOSED TO THE NORTHWEST SWELL. && .HFO WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... HIGH SURF ADVISORY UNTIL 6 AM HST SUNDAY FOR NIIHAU-KAUAI WINDWARD-KAUAI LEEWARD-WAIANAE COAST-OAHU NORTH SHORE-OAHU KOOLAU-OLOMANA-MOLOKAI-MAUI WINDWARD WEST-MAUI CENTRAL VALLEY- WINDWARD HALEAKALA. HIGH SURF WARNING FROM 6 AM SUNDAY TO 6 AM HST MONDAY FOR NIIHAU- KAUAI WINDWARD-KAUAI LEEWARD-WAIANAE COAST-OAHU NORTH SHORE-OAHU KOOLAU-MOLOKAI-MAUI WINDWARD WEST-WINDWARD HALEAKALA. HIGH WIND WARNING UNTIL 6 PM HST SUNDAY FOR BIG ISLAND SUMMITS. SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY UNTIL 6 PM HST MONDAY FOR KAUAI NORTHWEST WATERS-KAUAI WINDWARD WATERS-KAUAI LEEWARD WATERS-KAUAI CHANNEL- OAHU WINDWARD WATERS-OAHU LEEWARD WATERS-KAIWI CHANNEL-MAUI COUNTY WINDWARD WATERS-BIG ISLAND WINDWARD WATERS. && RYSHKO
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
5 heavy rain, 2 high wind, 1 winter storm. Local standard time, as filed.
A ranger report from the Mauna Kea summit on the Big Island said the road was impassable at 8:12 PM on the 28th because of snow. The final snow amount was 6 to 12 inches across the area.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Hawaii in 2014Every state in 2014This day in weather historyWarnings in Hawaii, January 2014
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: 489232, 489233, 489231, 489234, 489235, 489237, 489238, 489239.