Where I live, in Hawi, it rains 50 or so inches a year. Just down the coast a few miles the rainfall drops to 20 inches a year. So it’s not unusual to be driving from sunny climes and encountering grey skies nearer home. My wife and I refer to this as returning to Gloomville.
These photos were taken on my way home from work. It had been a regular sunny drive up the coast until I got to the hill up towards Hawi. Then I noticed the wall of cloud ahead, illuminated by a bold, but short portion of rainbow. I pulled over and snapped the second photo.
Moments later the rainbow had extended itself to form a bright arc over the cloud covering Hawi. That’s the top photo, and as much of the rainbow as I could capture with my camera.
Ironically, for reasons that are as clear as the skies above Hawi, Weather Underground has a strong tendency to report the weather in Hawi as ‘dry conditions will continue.’ This includes when it can be seen to be teeming down outside the window. The theory in this household is that the weather station reporting this information is either in someone’s carport or it’s operated by someone from the Hawi Chamber of Commerce!
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Spectacular, Graham! Hawaiian rainbows are the best!
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There’s no shortage of them and they have a great variety of looks, which I always enjoy.
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Those are fantastic Graham!
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Thanks Lisa. Hawaii is the rainbow state for a good reason.
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I didn’t realize it was the rainbow state! Very fitting!!
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It is that!
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Nice rainbow!! Our first trip to Hawaii was to the Big Island and we landed in Hilo in the pouring rain! But I was enamored with the warmth and fragrance of the island anyway. I loved Hawi too. And all was dry when we ventured over to Kona.
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I love going over to Hilo, but I don’t think I’d want to live there. Too much rain and the snorkeling isn’t as good as on the Kona side.
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I have similar feelings about the lies my phone tells me. Much better to look out of the window! The second shot is stunning, Graham.
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Thanks Jo. My wife looks at the forecasts more than me. I’ve found them to be mostly useless unless there’s a hurricane or something similar en route.
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