The Great Plains and Prairies

Chapter 12
Maui can have extreme weather experiences, where wind, rain, thunder, heat and breeze can mix together and turn in to a horrible weather condition.

Maui wind is a combination of four factors:
Tradewind Effect
Sea Breeze Effect
Venturi Effect
Bernoulli Effect

The most common extreme that you will encounter on Maui us High Wind. Regular tradewinds are funneled by the island's geography and accelerated into some very frequent high winds. These winds are many times more than regular tradewinds. Even on a nice sunny day the trades can reach in excess of  40knots, gale force. This catches people off guard because they usually encounter such winds associated with storms and nasty weather.

High Strom Warning

A high winds warning is defined as 1 minute average surface winds of 35kt or greater lasting for 1 minute or longer, or winds gusting to 50 kt or greater regardless of duration that are either expected or observed over land.