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The Honolulu Advertiser
Posted on: Sunday, March 15, 2009

Pre-spring showers leave Oahu soggy

Advertiser Staff

There is a good possibility of more rain for O'ahu today, but things should clear up before spring, which begins Saturday.

O'ahu saw plenty of wet stuff yesterday with flood warnings and advisories. Some areas received more than 4 inches of rain, the National Weather Service said. In the 12-hour period ending at 2:45 p.m. yesterday, Maunawili had 4.8 inches; parts of Manoa saw 3.3 inches; the Bellows area had nearly 3.5 inches, and Kunia 2.11 inches.

Forecasters expected that isolated heavy showers could continue last night, caused by a low-pressure system that should begin to break up today.

Scattered showers and light sea-land breezes are expected into the week, with sunnier skies and regular trade winds beginning to creep back by Thursday.

The Honolulu Fire Department responded to three reports of flooding in the Date Street area near Kapahulu Avenue yesterday morning.

An HFD spokesman described all the situations as minor. He said firefighters had to pump some water from one home on Palani Avenue from 5 to 6:30 a.m. but that the damage was not serious.

Water ponding up was a problem on several areas of H-1 Freeway including the east- and west-bound directions in the area of Kunia offramp and on H-1 west-bound by the School Street offramp.

Road crews had to deal with a tree that came down on the Kailua-bound lanes of Pali Highway early in the afternoon.

The weather slowed traffic all across the island.