Kohala Cross Country sports: The Kohala Cross Country team did awesome this Saturday at the HPA meet. The Cowgirls were led by Senior Yuki Zbytovsky finishing 6th overall in the girl's race with a time of 24:33, and the Cowboys were led by Junior Chance Souze finishing 14th overall with a time of 20:34 in the boys race. Special shout out to Chris who completed the boy's course and never gave […]
Hurrricane Ignacio IGNACIO STEADILY WEAKENING WHILE PASSING SEVERAL HUNDRED MILES EAST OF THE BIG ISLAND AND MAUI... SUMMARY OF 500 AM HST...1500 UTC...INFORMATION ---------------------------------------------- LOCATION...20.9N 150.8W ABOUT 460 MI...735 KM E OF HONOLULU HAWAII ABOUT 335 MI...540 KM E OF HANA HAWAII MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...105 MPH...165 KM/H PRESENT MOVEMENT...NW OR 320 DEGREES AT 10 MPH...17 KM/H MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...966 MB...28.53 INCHES WATCHES AND WARNINGS -------------------- THERE ARE NO COASTAL WATCHES […]
Hurricane Ignacio surrenders as it moves further away from us and the Tropical Storm warning and watch has been cancelled. We are still under a high surf advisory and heavy rain is still expected. Mahalo Mauna Kea! Still, stay prepared and informed. Mahalo for tuning into KNKR and reading updates at knkr.org.
Looking more & more like Mauna Kea is doing her magic again as Ignacio is now expected to pass a bit further North & East and is weakening even faster than was thought! THE RECONNAISSANCE AIRCRAFT FOUND MAXIMUM FLIGHT LEVEL WINDS OF 107 KNOTS...A MAXIMUM SFMR WIND OF 94 KT...AND A 961 MB SURFACE PRESSURE ON THE LAST PASS THROUGH THE EYE. THUS...HAVE LOWERED THE INTENSITY OF IGNACIO TO 100 […]
The full 41/2 hour broadcast of the game where Kohala defeated Kau, 28-6. Listen at your leisure. Kohala Cowboys Broadcast 8-29-2015
Ignacio is still a very strong hurricane with winds over 140mph and heading this way. It is expected to weaken to a cat 1 or 2 as it approaches; still extremely dangerous. Surf as high as 20' can be expected on our Island. Civil Defense is taking no chances and are opening shelters later today as effects should be felt this evening and early Monday. Stay prepared and informed. […]
The fans were out in force this afternoon in Honomakau as the Kohala High School Cowboys defeated the visiting Ka'u Trojans 28-6 on the campus of Kohala High School. Today marked the inaugural broadcast by Kohala's own KNKR 96.1 FM Kohala Radio crew consisting of Donovan Aiona doing the play-by-play, Danny C. doing color, and former Kohala High Football coach, Billy Rodrigues, lending his expertise as color commentary. The Cowboys were […]
Hurricane Ignacio is now a cat 4 hurricane with winds of 140+mph and heading towards the Hawaiian Islands. It will weaken before arriving to a cat 1 hurricane with winds around 80mph. Hopefully, it will continue on its path North & East of us and we will get only high surf, mild winds, and some rain; but any change in the path can change the weather conditions tremendously. Hurricane Jimena […]
