Hurricane Force Wind Gusts - Hawaii, December 10th, 2011

This is the strongest trade wind event I have ever filmed in Hawaii. The winds were strong over a large area (30-45mph), but there was a narrow ribbon of high winds (maybe a mile or so wide) just north of Kawaihae where there top gusts were in the 70-75mph range.
This narrow streak of extreme winds blew down the Kohala mountains and managed to remain in between Kawaihae Harbor and the Kohala By the Sea housing subdivision, a distance of only a mile and a half or so.
In the path of the strongest winds, there were downed trees and moments where the blowing dust became so thick that visibility dropped to almost 0.

[@TropmetStormChasing]

So AWESOME!!! I particularly like the howling between 2:15 and 2:30!!!

[@TONYLOUIS100]

That is what I call a storm thanks for sharing

[@maximumman4647]

That some cool as howling windstorm

[@TropmetStormChasing]

@StormChaserMax Well, regardless of the camera it looks amazing! Those palms thrashing around really make me miss seeing a good storm in the deep tropics too! :) You definitely need to come back over here for a good hurricane chase (assuming we ever get one... lol). I just finished re-mastering/editing my old footage of Hurricane Kate a little while ago and I'm about to start uploading the clip... check it out later today.

[@MaximHawaii]

@vmax135 Thanks, Mike! Yeah, it sounded like a hurricane at some points. Sadly all I had to film with was a $110 digital camera so the audio and video could have been way better.
I miss real hurricanes, though ):

[@liquidstl]

Cool Max! How are you?

[@maximumman4647]

Did the winds hit like 100 or 90 when the winds where howling

[@MaximHawaii]

Looking back, I would say these winds were gusting to 60mph or so in peak gusts. Still pretty strong, but not quite hurricane force.

[@maximumman4647]

Ohh it seem like a 90 mph wind or something just the roar of the sound