HOVE area beaches

[daijoubu]

Originally Posted by OpenD

As you indicated, the lower elevations in Ka'u don't seem to get nearly as much of it.

I read some study by UH that the worst vog is right under the height of the inversion layer, where it tends to rise and bunch up, maybe 5000-6000'. It's really obvious when you fly into Kona from HNL, you can see like a sheet of gray vog right at that altitude, above it is perfectly clear, then you descend right into it and its really voggy for a minute until you get to lower altitudes.

But that may be mainly at a distance from the source, it needs time to diffuse up to that level. HOVE is only about 25 miles downwind, and it can be bad even at the middle elevations 2000-3000' there.

[OpenD]

Originally Posted by daijoubu

I read some study by UH that the worst vog is right under the height of the inversion layer, where it tends to rise and bunch up, maybe 5000-6000'.

Makes sense to me, because we don't often get inversion layers forming on the windward side, but they do on the leeward side.

In any case, the constant eruption over the last 30 years has caused many changes on the Big Island. Due to the volcanic emissions the once world famous Volcano Plums are just a memory, the orchid growers have all moved inside, and Kona has become a less desirable place to live, etc. And nobody knows... it could end tomorrow, or keep going 100 years. It's not predictable.

[Jerseagirl01]

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