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west hawaii today | wednesday, september 2, 2015
WEATHER
City
Hi/Lo/W City
Hi/Lo/W City
Hi/Lo/W City
Hi/Lo/W City
Hi/Lo/W City
Hi/Lo/W City
Hi/Lo/W City
Hi/Lo/W City
Hi/Lo/W
Weather(W): s-
sunny,
pc-
partly cloudy,
c-
cloudy,
sh-
showers,
t-
thunderstorms,
r-
rain,
sf-
snow flurries,
sn-
snow,
i-
ice.
TODAY’SWEATHER KONA TIDES TODAY SUN ANDMOON
NATIONAL WEATHER TODAY
Shown is today’s weather.
Temperatures are today’s
highs and tonight’s lows.
NATIONAL CITIES TODAY
SATELLITE VIEW
First
Time
Height
Second
Time
Height
Hanalei
Kapaa
Waialua Laie
Lanai
Hana
Kapaau
Honokaa
Hilo
Naalehu
Captain Cook
Kailua-Kona
Mountain View
Kihei
Wailuku
Mokapu
Honolulu
Kaunakakai
Ewa Beach
Kalaheo
Kekaha
Shown are noon positions of weather systems and
precipitation. Temperature bands are highs for the day.
As of 3 p.m. yesterday.
Moon
Rise
Set
Sun
Rise
Set
Sep 4 Sep 12 Sep 20 Sep 27
Last
New First
Full
Albany, NY
90/68/s
Albuquerque
87/64/t
Amarillo
91/67/s
Anchorage
64/48/s
Atlanta
92/74/pc
Austin
92/69/pc
Baltimore
91/70/pc
Billings
93/59/pc
Birmingham
90/72/pc
Bismarck
97/62/s
Boise
87/54/pc
Boston
89/70/s
Buffalo
85/68/s
Charleston, SC
90/73/t
Charleston, WV
89/66/pc
Charlotte, NC
94/70/pc
Cheyenne
86/58/pc
Chicago
90/70/pc
Cincinnati
88/68/pc
Cleveland
87/68/pc
Columbia, SC
95/74/pc
Dallas
93/75/s
Denver
91/61/pc
Des Moines
88/72/pc
Detroit
88/69/pc
Duluth
81/62/pc
El Paso
97/71/t
Fairbanks
59/40/s
Fargo
90/69/pc
Grand Rapids
87/67/pc
Green Bay
84/66/pc
Honolulu
90/78/t
Houston
88/73/pc
Indianapolis
90/71/pc
Jackson, MS
96/71/pc
Jacksonville
89/73/t
Juneau
61/41/pc
Kansas City
88/71/s
Key West
90/81/pc
Lansing
88/66/pc
Las Vegas
98/75/s
Little Rock
93/72/pc
Los Angeles
79/64/pc
Louisville
93/73/s
Madison
87/68/pc
Memphis
94/75/pc
Miami
91/77/pc
Milwaukee
88/69/pc
Minneapolis
85/70/pc
Nashville
92/71/s
New Orleans
93/76/t
New York City
89/74/s
Norfolk
89/74/pc
Oklahoma City
91/70/s
Omaha
89/72/pc
Orlando
92/75/t
Philadelphia
92/74/s
Phoenix
101/81/pc
Pittsburgh
87/67/pc
Portland, ME
85/66/s
Portland, OR
69/53/r
Providence
88/68/s
Raleigh
91/70/pc
Reno
86/55/s
Sacramento
85/57/s
St. Louis
94/75/s
Salt Lake City
92/70/s
San Antonio
93/74/s
San Diego
77/68/pc
San Francisco
71/60/pc
San Juan, PR
89/76/pc
Santa Fe
84/55/t
Seattle
66/52/r
Spokane
68/44/c
Syracuse
87/67/pc
Tampa
91/77/t
Tucson
94/74/t
Tulsa
91/71/s
Washington, DC
93/75/pc
Wichita
90/73/s
Wichita Falls
95/70/s
Forecasts and graphics provided by
AccuWeather, Inc.
©2015
High
6:35 a.m.
1.9’
Low
12:04 a.m.
0.0’
High
6:20 p.m.
1.6’
Low
12:34 p.m.
0.4’
89/75
87/76
90/78
89/80
82/72
89/75
87/76
87/73
90/72
84/75
89/79
87/68
91/73
89/75
85/80
90/78
87/73
89/79
85/73
88/76
83/74
Today
6:09 a.m.
6:39 p.m.
Thursday
6:09 a.m.
6:38 p.m.
Today
10:08 p.m.
10:14 a.m.
Thursday 10:58 p.m.
11:15 a.m.
NATIONAL SUMMARY:
Much of the nation will be sunny and very warm for early
September today. Exceptions will be along parts of the Gulf and southern Atlantic coasts,
the Four Corners region, the central Plains and the central Appalachians where spotty
drenching storms can occur. More cool air with rain will push into the Pacific Northwest.
Park mules assist
stranded hikers
Heroes come in all
shapes and sizes, and
at Hawaii Volcanoes
National Park, some have
four legs.
Last week, park mules
and a horse transported
two injured hikers suffer-
ing from dehydration to
safety. The Hilo couple
had planned to hike to a
remote coastal campsite,
but was not prepared for
the intense heat, lack of
shade and rough terrain.
They didn’t have hiking
sticks, and their water fil-
ters broke, according to
a press release from the
National Park Service. On
the morning of Aug. 27,
they started to hike out on
Keauhou Trail.
Both turned their ankles,
and were unable to contin-
ue. They called the num-
ber on their backcountry
permit, and a team of
mules and first responders
was dispatched.
The exhausted couple
was located, and park
mule Dozer and horse
Ohia calmly transport-
ed them to safety, while
Sparkles and Clyde hauled
their backpacks.
It wasn’t the first res-
cue for these hardy stock
animals. In mid-July,
Sparkles carried an Oahu
man from Keauhou Trail
to safety. The man, in his
60s, was separated from
his group and became
dehydrated and fatigued
on the grueling eight-mile
hike.
Although the stock team
and the first responders
saved the days, both inci-
dents were preventable,
said Park Ranger Jack
Corrao.
“It’sextremely important
to be prepared when going
into the backcountry, or
West Hawaii Today
on any hike,” Corrao said.
“Have plenty of water, four
quarts per person per day,
and make sure your water
filter works. Never get sep-
arated from your group.
Know your limits.”
A detailed checklist of
safety tips is provided with
all backcountry permits,
and is on the park website.
Park mules perform a
variety of important duties
in the 333,086-acre park.
The strong, sure-footed
animals are able to carry
heavy loads over uneven
terrain, said stock manag-
er Jordan Barthold. They
were vital to the recent
replacement of the wood-
en boardwalk at Puu Loa
Petroglyphs. The mules
are also used to trans-
port equipment to the
Hawaiian hawksbill sea
turtle crew, and haul waste
from the pit toilets in the
coastal
campgrounds,
among other duties.
Stock manager Jordan Barthold holds Sparkles
the mule with the rescued visitor from Oahu
astride during a mule-assisted search and
rescue in mid-July.
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