Honolulu Marathon

I'm looking out the window now and it looks like perfect weather.

National Weather Service and Accuweather all show showers. NWS says 30% chance of rain Sunday after 60% Thursday, Friday and Saturday. Forecast has changed since last week which I would expect as it gets closer, but it beats 40 degrees temps and rain like I had yesterday!

Honolulu might need to expand their horizons...

if it's perfect weather they probably grabbed their shades and suntan lotion to head off to Waikiki Beach...

as long as they don't go in the water (box jellyfish)!

as I look east to Hawaii Kai all I see is clouds.

Ewa, I can't even see the Waianaes because the clouds are hanging so low.

Looking mauka into Manoa Valley, dark gloomy clouds hang over the Koolaus.

Yes, there was some sun this afternoon trying to filter through the thick clouds on the south shore, but little to no blue sky.

Today's Honolulu Advertiser offers this weather forecast...

Today Heavy showers

Tonight Heavy showers

Tomorrow Heavy showers

Wednesday Breezy with rain

Thursday Showers

For those flying in on Wednesday or Thursday you can check the live weather cams of Waikiki Beach

http://www.honolulu.gov/multimed/waikiki.asp

and some traffic cams around the island of Oahu

http://www.honolulu.gov/cameras/

The rains and wind will actually be more welcome on Sunday than the blanket of clouds we have today which make things very humid.

Normally you get the sun rising in your face two hours into the race (7:00am), that is for all but the sub 3:00 marathoners who reach 17 miles and have completed the loop in Hawaii Kai and are back out on Kalanianaole Hwy and have their back to the sun.

rain, rain and more rain wrote:

For those flying in on Wednesday or Thursday you can check the live weather cams of Waikiki Beach

http://www.honolulu.gov/multimed/waikiki.asp

and some traffic cams around the island of Oahu

http://www.honolulu.gov/cameras/

I never thought a webcam could make me cry, but those just did. Those are making me homesick, even for the traffic I see is still the same as ever on the Kalanianaole + Keahole cam.

Just got in from a 15 miler in 40 degrees temps and 40 knot winds. Hell... now back to me Seko-inspired recovery drinks.

I just went out for a nice run in Kapiolani park. Still great weather for running.

Looks pretty wet at Kapiolani right now...at 4:45 am on Tues.

Honolulu shows they are not from Hawaii when they declared Monday as "perfect weather" and then says they are enjoying "great weather for running".

It is humid and the warm Kona winds make things hotter than normal. More wind and rain in the forecast for the next few days.

Honolulu would be ecstatic and doing back flips if they truly experienced the typical weather Hawaii has to offer in December.

Did you run on the grass of Kapiolani Park? Hope you have a second dry pair for your run on Wednesday and are saving your race shoes for Sunday.

The fun part is that the C&C guys that maintain the park continue to have the automatic sprinklers on and dump thousands of gallons of water on the grass each night while mother nature doubles that effort by dumping thousands more with the rains we've had and with the rains to come between now and Marathon Sunday.

Maybe Honolulu has an "in" with Mufi and can tell him to back off on watering the lawns all the marathoners will be using on Sunday.

These are pretty good/funny. Good success to everyone racing Sunday.

http://www.honolulumarathon.org/TOPTEN.htm

Still looks wet w/few people walking around near Kapiolani & near the Hardrock.

maybe you meant the last time we had this much rain in december was in 1987, but i remember spring two years ago breaking all the records. how freaking awful was that month?

Weather reports are useless in Hawaii. It rains a little every day of winter. Its the tropics!

rixctf

you might have noticed the subject of this post is...

Honolulu Marathon

and we are talking about the bad weather this week and how it mirrors the record rains we had in 1987 to make the Marathon back then a washout in Kapiolani Park (the site of the finish line).

Yes, we all remember the 40 days of rain we had that lasted from February 22nd to March 31st 2006.

It was on that last day, Friday 03-31-06 that the Kahala Mall theaters got flooded and then the sun finally came out Saturday April Fools Day.

As for Hawaii Native telling all that don't know any better that...

"Weather reports are useless in Hawaii."

So, the National Weather Service is just wasting their time when they tell people there is a High Wind Warning on Oahu, Flash Flood Watch for the Big Island, High Surf Advisory for most north and west shores and Gale Warnings and Small Craft Advisories for most channels?

http://www.prh.noaa.gov/pr/hnl/

Looks dry at noon today from camera near Ala Moana Mall.

Keep Smiling Bob! I like you.

This kind of weather is probably best for staying home and watching Gene Kelly in "Singin' in the Rain"

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0045152/

The National Weather Service sounds like a broken record...

they say Heavy Rain today, tomorrow, Thursday, etc.

http://forecast.weather.gov/MapClick.php?FcstType=text&site=hfo&textField1=21.28&textField2=-157.83

I know...boo hoo! it's hard to feel sorry for people living in Hawaii or that have the money to come on a running vacation to do the Honolulu Marathon.

Looking to tomorrow...

"Wednesday: Showers likely and possibly a thunderstorm before noon, then scattered showers and thunderstorms after noon. Some of the storms could produce heavy rainfall. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 79. Windy, with a southwest wind 33 to 36 mph decreasing to between 25 and 28 mph. Winds could gust as high as 43 mph."

Boy Wonder, myself and 25,000 of our closest friends are going to get wet on Sunday, no doubt about it, but it will be a warm rain ;-)

Rain, rain, rain - what is it about you? Are you a fish? All you talk about is how it is going to be wet Sunday.

National Weather Service forecast as of today at 300p -

Saturday Night: Scattered showers. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 71. East wind around 11 mph. Chance of precipitation is 40%.

Sunday: Scattered showers. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 82. East wind around 14 mph. Chance of precipitation is 30%.

Less than a 50% chance of rain. That does not sound like I am going to get wet to me. I like the sounds of the forecast and maybe I get wet, but I like to think it will just be humid with no rain.

rain, rain and more rain wrote:

Keep Smiling Bob! I like you.

Still dry out near UH (Gerry Lindgren-world) and the A M Mall.

I have a buddy flying out there. Probably over the Pacific right now. It's gonna be midnite body time for him when he arrives.

rain, rain and more rain wrote:

lou tomsic?

Yes, yes I am (Pisces).

It's just that we've had a week of rain and the NWS has said there is no end in sight. And since I am repeating myself I will remind people again that we haven't had weather this bad for the marathon since 1987.

If you're running sub 2:40 maybe you will be whisked away to your hotel like a VIP after you come into the park, but us mere mortals will have to deal with picnicking on the grass which is already saturated.

This is not just a brief, passing windward or mauka shower brought on by gusty trades. This will be exactly like Boston this year (only completely different) since it will be 40 degrees warmer. Yes, there's an outside chance the rain gods will let up on the 9th and give us a few hours of dry conditions, but the damage has already been done.

If somehow preparing out-of-town entrants now with the bad news of less than ideal conditions and inclement weather is going to ruin the experience for them, so be it. It would be ruined worse if their travel agent sold them on the idea that they'd get nothing but blue sky sunny days where they can frolic at the beach day after endless day while they are here.

Humid usually means stagnant, calm conditions or Kona winds.

Believe me, you actually would prefer a little rain (usually accompanied by cooling winds) to keep yourself from overheating. Dealing with a few blisters in wet shoes after the fact would be your worst problem, as opposed to ending up in the medical tent with them covering your body with ice cold wet towels and giving you an IV.

No, but everyone who is a runner on Oahu knows Lou.

http://www.athleteshi.com/