Flossie,a Category 3 Hurricane, generated 15 to 20 foot waves along the Big Island's South and East Coast.High winds brought rough surf conditions to the East,South, and West coasts of the Hawaiian Islands' chain.Flossie took almost a week to clear the State leaving mostly wind damge.
Flossie's high winds also aided in the spreading of a 3,000 acre mountain wildfire in O`ahu's north central island corridor.
Flossie was brought to it's knees when the normal Hawaiian tradewinds sheared the top of Flossie's power stack reducing Flossie to a tropical storm.
The mostly rough surf was in the 6 to 9 ft (3 to 4 ft Hawaiian) range supported with mostly sunny,light blue, skies.These were welcome waves as the normal Southern Hemisphere wave machines have not generated any significant swell for well over a month.
Aloha,Doug