Amateur radio operators throughout Hawaii prepare to respond to Hurricane/Tropical Storm Guillermo that arrives in Hawaiian waters on Wednesday August 5, 2015. This page provides progress information on the event. It is updated infrequently, so check the latest advisories from the National Weather Services and Emergency Management agencies. Last update is Sun Aug 23, 3:00 am
Activities are chronicled here. It's not a question of "If", it's a question of "When".
Enjoy, and feel free to drop me an e-mail if you have any questions.
Overview
Early storm track forecasts had the track approaching close to the northern shores of the Hawaiian islands.
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The storm track is to the north of the Hawaiian Islands. Harvey AH6JA in Hilo reports a power outage since 8:20 am Sunday August 2nd, hampering the ability to notify SKYWARN personnel via the Internet. Standard telephone service is available. 8:40 am: Hawaiian Electric Light Company reports via Twitter that 1650 custumers without power in the Papaikou to Kalopa mauka & makai area. First HELCO responder has been dispatched. 9:10 am: Approximately 1310 customers without power in the Honomu to Ookala area. Power lines reported down near Kole Kole Beach Park. 4:18 pm: Harvey AH6JA reports power and Internet services restored in Hilo ATT. |
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Hurricane/Tropical Storm Guillermo information
Information on Hurricane/Tropical Storm Guillermo and personal preparations can be found at these links:
- Central Pacific Hurricane Center
- NWS Forecast Office, Honolulu Watches and Warnings
- NWS Forecast Office, Honolulu
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NOAA Satellite Floater Channel assignment for TS Guillermo
- JTWC Graphic
- University of Hawaii Meteorology Department
- Weather Underground NEXRAD, Kauai
- Weather Underground NEXRAD, Molokai
- Weather Underground NEXRAD, North Hawaii
- Weather Underground NEXRAD, South Hawaii
- NWS WFO HNL, Surf Forecast
- NWS WFO HNL, Local Storm Reports
- USGS Hydrological Data
- Honolulu International Airport Information
- FEMA
- Hawaii Emergency Management Agency
- Kauai Civil Defense
- (Oahu) Department of Emergency Management
- Maui County Civil Defense
- Hawaii County Civil Defense
- American Red Cross, Hawaii Chapter
- HAH Healthcomm
- Dept of Education Schools
- NWS NHC Hurricane Guillermo Archive
- NWS CPHC Hurricane Guillermo Archive
- JTWC Graphic
Amateur Radio
The amateur radio leadership of NWS SKYWARN and Hawaii (State) Emergency Management Agency RACES and DEM (Department of Emergency Management) RACES coordinated a joint net on the state-wide VHF Repeater system for passing storm information to the National Weather Service Honolulu Forecast office at HIG Building, University of Hawaii at Manoa campus, with supplemental traffic for SCD and DEM. The repeaters of DEM RACES (Oahu County) and SCD were linked using ALL-STAR VOIP linking to create a eight node repeater cluster of both State-wide and around-the-island repeaters for Oahu for reporting and monitoring purposes.
The repeaters linked from State Civil Defense
- 147.02+ PL 103.5, Mt Haleakala, Maui 9,769 ft, currently standalone
- 147.04+ no PL, Mauna Loa, Big Island 8,200 ft, currently standalone
- 147.04+ PL 103.5, Lihue, Kauai, currently standalone
- 147.06+ PL 103.5, Diamond Head, Oahu
- 444.325+ PL 103.5, Waimanalo, Oahu
- 444.350+ PL 103.5, Diamond Head, Oahu
and Department of Emergency Management, Oahu County
- 146.76- no PL, Mokuleia, Oahu
- 146.98- PL 88.5, Frank Fasi Municipal Building, Oahu
Big island operations scheduled for:
- 146.82-, BIWARN Mauna Loa
- 146.76-, BIWARN Kulani Cone is currently stand-alone
- 146.86- PL 100.0, Naalehu
- 146.72-, HSVOAD Mauna Kea
HF operations were scheduled for:
- 3888 kHz LSB, Hawaii County
- 3993.5 kHz LSB, State Civil Defense RACES
- 7080 kHz USB, SKYWARN (Monitor this frequency first)
- 7088 kHz LSB, HI EMA/State Civil Defense RACES
- 7095 kHz LSB, Hawaii County
- 7178 kHz LSB, HI EMA/State Civil Defense RACES alternate
- 7195 kHZ LSB, Hawaii County
- TBD, DEM RACES
- TBD, American Red Cross
- TBD, Healthcomm
NWS SKYWARN
For planning purposes, the HI NWS SKWARN operations is scheduled for 8:00 am Wednesday to 10:00 pm Thursday
and is subject to change.
Operators scheduled are:
| Shift | Operators |
|---|---|
| Wed Aug 05 7:30 am - Wed 12:30 pm | Jack (KH6DQ), Bart (KH7C), Ophemia (KH6OH), Clem (KH7HO) |
| Wed Aug 5 12:15 pm – Wed 5:15 pm | Doug (KH6U), Ophemia (KH6OH), Clem (KH7HO) (late returning from a meeting) |
| Wed Aug 5 5:00 pm – 10:00 pm | Darrell (KH6XL), Mark (AH6PR), Keith (WH7GG), Odell (WH76EAO) (from 7 p.m. to 12 midnight); go to the EARC 7:30 p.m. net, 146.880 to check in for any weather reports. |
| Wed Aug 5 9:45 pm – Thu 2:45 am | Fred (KH7CR), Betty (WH6GR), Odell (WH6EAO) (9:45 p.m. to 12 midnight) |
| Thu Aug 6 2:30 am – Thu 7:30 am | Fred (KH7CR), Betty (WH6GR) |
| Thu Aug 6 7:15 am – Thu 12:15 pm | Jack (KH6DQ), Bart (KH7C) |
| Thu Aug 6 12:00 pm – Thu 5:15 pm | Rick (KH6OM), Clem (KH7HO) |
| Thu Aug 6 5:00 pm – Thu 10:15 pm | Steve (KH6WG), Randy (AH6Q), Mark (AH6PR) |
The net was started on Wed Aug 5 at 8:00 am, and secured at 1:56 pm.
- FLdigi mode MT63-1KL.
- Use form Storm Report and ensure the detail portion is filled out.
Encourage all amateur radio operators, whether SKYWARN or not, to call in reports of significant weather giving the following information:
- Callsign
- Name
- SKYWARN Number (if have one)
- Location
- Significant weather reports, specifically,
- heavy rain at a rate of an inch per hour or more lasting more than 15 minutes;
- any tornado, funnel cloud or waterspout,
- high winds strong enough to cause property damage;
- any reports of hail and size of the hail, for example, pea, quarter size;
- any time of flooding that is threatening or causing damage, flooding over roads, storm surge over roads, etc.;
- landslide, rock slides, mudslide blocking roads and damage to structures;
- electrical outages;
- any weather related death, injury, or significant damages.
Hawaii State Emergency Management Agency
HI EMA RACES operations is currently not scheduled to activate
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Hawaii County
CERT operations to start at TBD.
Maui County
Oahu County
DEM RACES operatons to start at TBD.
Information from City and County of Honolulu.
Kauai County
Healthcomm
Healthcomm is TBD. Healthcomm to be operational post-landfall.
Reminder
A reminder: Being prepared is a personal responsibility. Stock up ahead of time, and don't get caught in the mad rush to the store to buy stuff. The Star-Advertiser offers a list of items for preparedness and planning.
A reminder for the general population (and amateur radio operators alike) that the primary means of timely notification of an alert is via the NOAA National Weather Service Weather Alert radios.
The Star-Advertiser Reporting
These are links to articles from The Star-Advertiser.
- Guillermo now a hurricane, heading toward Hawaii (Thu Jul 30)
- Hurricane Guillermo going strong
- Guillermo to enter Central Pacific as strong Category 2 storm (Fri Jul 31)
- Isles face tense wait as storm develops
- Guillermo expected to be tropical storm as it approaches Hawaii (Sat Aug 1)
- Guillermo on path for possible direct hit on islands as tropical storm (Sun Aug 2)
- Guillermo weakens to category 1 hurricane as it heads toward Hawaii
- ‘Life-threatening’ high surf on way
- Guillermo downgraded to tropical storm; still threatens Hawaii (Mon Aug 3)
- Storm nearing, might arrive Wednesday
- Tropical storm watch issued for Big Island, Maui County as Guillermo nears
- Guillermo gains ground on state (Tue Aug 4)
- Tropical Storm Guillermo's latest track shifts closer to islands
- ‘Iffy’ storm forecast predicts high winds (Wed Aug 5)
- Tropical Storm Guillermo continues to weaken
- Guillermo's threat diminishes; new storm heads toward Central Pacific (Thu Aug 6)
- Tropical Storm Hilda heads toward Hawaii as Guillermo weakens
- Guillermo weakens to tropical depression; headed just north of Oahu
- Guillermo loses steam but stirs up danger with rough surf
- Guillermo passes near isles as a mere depression
- Guillermo's threat to islands ending as Tropical Storm Hilda emerges
- Guillermo weakens north of Kauai; Hilda approaches from southeast (Fri Aug 7)
- Guillermo passes near isles as a mere depression
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