HERE IN THE CONTINENTAL UNITED STATES. OTHER TOP STORY THAT WE'RE DEALING WITH THE WIND FUELED WILDFIRES RAGING IN MAUI, HAWAII, WINDS GUSTING OVER 60 MILES AN HOUR WILL BE COMPLICATING THINGS AS WE'VE WORKED INTO THE EVENING. THERE'S A PRESSURE GRADIENT HERE . THAT IS QUITE REMARKABLE. WE HAVE WINS IN THE MONTH OF JULY OVER HAWAII, BUT A COUPLE OF FACTORS THAT PLAY HAVE LED TO THESE AWFUL SCENES . WE'VE GOT LAHAINA ON THE LEFT AND RIGHT SIDE OF YOUR SCREENS. LAHAINA IS THE HISTORIC TOWN USED TO BE THE CAPITAL OF THE KINGDOM OF HAWAII. AND HISTORIC BUILDINGS THERE . WHAT WE'VE SEEN IS DEVASTATING. THESE CREWS HAVE BEEN BATTLING NOT JUST ONE BUT MULTIPLE FIRES. THEY'RE CONCENTRATED MAINLY IN WEST MAUI AND AN AREA INLAND. IT'S A BIT MOUNTAINOUS, ESPECIALLY JUST TO THE WEST. FIREFIGHTERS ARE UP AGAINST A MULTITUDE OF WEATHER CHALLENGES. ERRATIC WINDS, WHICH CAN SPREAD THESE EMBERS AND IGNITE NEW FIRES. WE HAVE INCREDIBLY LOW HUMIDITY, AND THAT IS A FUNCTION OF THE TERRAIN AND ALSO JUST THE TERRAIN ITSELF IS A PROBLEM. MORE EVACUATIONS WERE ORDERED LAST NIGHT. THE COAST GUARD TRANSPORTED PEOPLE WHO WENT INTO THE OCEAN TO ESCAPE SMOKE AND FLAMES. I MEAN, CAN YOU IMAGINE THAT ASPECT? WE HAVE A LOT OF THESE RESORTS AND RESTAURANTS RIGHT ALONG THE COAST AND THESE FIRES JUST SPREAD SO QUICKLY, AND THEY DO SO WITH THE GUSTY WINDS. I WANT TO BRING CRAIG YOU IN ON THIS CONVERSATION LIVING ON THE WEST COAST AND JANE YOU AS WELL. WE'LL GET INTO THE PRESSURE DIFFERENCES HERE FIRST, BUT I? WE TALKED ABOUT IT THIS MORNING. AND ON THE WEST COAST. WE'VE GOT THE SANTA ANA WINDS. THESE THINGS AREN'T RELATED, BUT BUT WHAT WE DEAL WITH WITH THESE INCREDIBLY STRONG WINDS. THEY'RE NOT ORIGINATING FROM HURRICANE DORA. THAT'S RIGHT TO ROLL RIGHT RIGHT BUT IS ENHANCING FOR SURE . ENHANCING WHAT? WE'RE SEEING THE OVERHAUL. YOU THINK ABOUT THE AREA OF HIGH PRESSURE TO THE NORTH, RIGHT? I THINK OF CLOCKWISE ROTATION AROUND AN AREA OF HIGH PRESSURE. AND THEN IF YOU'VE GOT ITS SEPARATE EVERY LOW PRESSURE DOWN IN THE SOUTH LIKE YOU WOULD SEE DURING THE SANTA ANA EVENT. THEN YOU'VE GOT A TUNNELING EFFECT. IF YOU WOULD WITH THE WIND, YOU THINK THE CLOCKWISE ROTATION COUNTERCLOCKWISE DOWN TO THE SOUTH? IF YOU'VE BEEN TO A BIG CITY, AND YOU'VE GOT BUILDINGS AND YOU'VE GOT THE WIND TUNNEL GOING ON, BASICALLY WHAT'S HAPPENING? WHAT WOULD BE SOMETHING GOING ON HERE? SO YES, THOSE STRONG WINDS TO THE NORTH ARE THERE BUT THEN YOU ADD SOMETHING TO THE SOUTH AND YOU GET THAT COUNTERCLOCKWISE ROTATION THAT ALSO ADDS TO THE WINDS. YOU ALSO THINK ABOUT THE TOPOGRAPHY AND A LOT OF THESE HILLS AND MOUNTAINS IN HAWAII ARE GETTING AN OFFSHORE WIND . IF YOU WILL, THEY'RE BECOMING EASTERLY. RIGHT SO THEY COME DOWN OFF OF THE MOUNTAINS THEY COMPRESS AND THE RELATIVE HUMIDITY GOES WAY DOWN. SO YOU GOT A COMBO OF WHAT'S PACKING THE WINDS AND BRINGING THE HUMIDITY DOWN, BASED ON WHERE THE HAWAIIAN ISLANDS ARE HIGH PRESSURE TO THE NORTH AS WELL AND THAT CLOCKWISE ROTATION FROM THE SOUTH ENHANCING SOME OF THOSE WINS. JANE WE'VE GOT TRADE WINDS TYPICAL JULY DAY THERE ARE TRADE WINDS THAT WE SEE WE'VE GOT THE WINDWARD SIDE OF THE ISLANDS ON THE EASTERN SIDE, AND THEN AND THEN WE HAVE THE LEEWARD SIDE AND IT'S THE LEEWARD SIDE THAT OFTENTIMES WELL DRIES OUT, AND THAT'S A FUNCTION OF THE MOUNTAINOUS TERRAIN. AND THIS IS THE TIME OF THE YEAR THAT OFTEN TIMES THAT YOU WILL SEE THOSE WIND ADVISORIES AND ALERTS THAT COME UP OVER THE MOUNTAINS BECAUSE YOU HAVE THOSE EASTERLY TRADE WINDS THAT WILL PICK UP A TOUCH. YOU KNOW, AS WE GO INTO THIS TIME FRAME, BUT BECAUSE OF THAT PRESSURE GRADIENT THAT SETS UP IT IS GOING TO MAYBE ENHANCE THE TRADE WINDS JUST A LITTLE BIT NOT TO MENTION TO. YOU HAVE THE WAY THAT THE MOUNTAIN AND THE TERRAIN IS ESPECIALLY ON THE EASTERN SIDE OF THESE MOUNTAINS. WINDS COME UP AND OVER ALL THAT RAIN GETS SQUEEZED OUT ON THE WINDWARD SIDE. THEN YOU KNOW YOU COME BACK DOWN OVER THE MOUNTAINS AND TO BRING INTO YOUR POINT ABOUT AGAINST THE SANTA ANA WINDS. YOU THINK OF THE SAME AND WINDS AND HOW THOSE WINDS COME UP OVER THE MOUNTAINS, CALIFORNIA AND THEY SUPPRESS THINGS DOWN AND IT HEATS UP THE SURFACE. THAT'S A BIT OF A CASE OF WHAT'S HAPPENING HERE, WHICH IS WHY YOU'LL KNOW THAT ALMOST OF THE FIRE WARNINGS ARE ON THE WESTWARD SIDE OF THOSE MOUNTAINS BECAUSE YOU GET COMPRESSION OR HEATING AS THOSE WINDS COME DOWN TO THE SURFACE. AND IT'S JUST BEEN SO DRY. WE HAVEN'T HAD RAIN. THAT'S WHAT'S ENHANCING THIS FIRE CONCERN AND I THINK FROM FROM A FROM A WEATHER FORECASTING STANDPOINT, IT'S. IT'S INCREDIBLE TO SEE IT'S REMARKABLE BUT THE COST THAT WE'RE SEEING NOW IN HAWAII. I MEAN THE COAST GUARD HAVING TO RESCUE PEOPLE WHO WERE QUITE LITERALLY IN THE WATER AS THESE FIRES SCARY, AND THEN YOU THINK ABOUT ALSO , THEY CAN'T GET THE HELICOPTERS UP BECAUSE IT'S SO WINDY SO THEY CAN'T ATTACK FROM THE AIR. THEY HAVE TO GO ON ON THE GROUND AS WELL. SO THAT'S GOING TO COST A LOT OF MONEY TO HAVE BEEN SHELTERS THAT HAVE BEEN OPEN TO THE HAWAII EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCY, MAUI HIGH SCHOOL. REMAINS OPEN FOR PRESIDENTS WHO ARE SEEKING SHELTER. THEY NEED TO BRING THEIR BELONGINGS WITH THEM, INCLUDING THEIR PETS. BUT THIS IS CERTAINLY A DEVELOPING STORY AND ONE THAT WE'RE GOING TO STAY ON TOP OF THEIR MOVING SO QUICKLY. THERE WAS ONE BUSINESS OWNER ON FRONT STREET LAHAINA. THIS IS A REALLY POPULAR BUSINESS DISTRICT AND HE SAID BY 4 30 IN THE AFTERNOON WAS BLUE SKY AND SUNSHINE AND THEN SUDDENLY WITHIN HOURS. EVERYTHING WAS CLOSED LIKE THAT COMING IN THINGS CHANGE. WE'RE GOING TO EVENTUALLY SEE IMPROVEMENT, BUT AT THE
