Mauna Kea has a covering of snow, and the Mauna Kea Access Road is closed and not expected to open all day. Snow removal operations will begin later today but the forecast is for continued cold and windy weather.
The temperature at the summit around 6 a.m. Wednesday is -3 Celsius, or around 26 degrees Fahrenheit. But there is also a 20 mile an hour wind, bringing the effective temperature, with wind chill, down to around 12 degrees.
The road conditions and weather conditions at the14,000-foot summit are online, http://mkwc.ifa.hawaii.edu/current/road-conditions/. There is information about the Visitor Information Center a tthe 9200 foot elevation at http://www.ifa.hawaii.edu/info/vis/.
Mauna Loa also has snow, with the current temperature at about 0 degrees Fahrenheit and wind of around 9 miles an hour with gusts to 11.
Israel Gonzales
