El Nino is causing extreme clouds of water vapor to accumulate in the troposphere. It could be droughting the planet through evapotranspiration of trees and plants.

Saturday

July 15, 2023

1:14 pm 

(the reference to 9:25 pm is in relation to sunset on that day)

El Nino is robbing Earth of water vapor at a very high rate.

I have an app on my phone that shows the continuous visual of Earth's water vapor. I take daily images of the planet. This one in particular my provide some insight to the problems witnessed in Hawaii today.

This image shows an El Nino that has taken water from Earth's troposphere and condensed it into a heavy cloud that crossed the Pacific. We normally think of El Nino as equatorial waters further south on the face of Earth, but, I found this rather worrisome when I viewed it. That is a very heavy, dense cloud of water vapor traveling across the Pacific. It may be responsible for some of the drought witnessed in Hawaii today.

August 10, 2023

U.S. Drought Monitor, Hawaii (click here)

By Jennifer Hassan, Anumita Kaur, Scott Dance, Marisa Iati, Ben Brasch, Kelsey Ables, Lyric Li, Timothy Bella, Shera Avi-Yonah and Justine McDaniel

The rescue efforts are continuing Thursday (click here) after the death toll from the fast-moving wildfires wreaking havoc through Hawaii increased to 36, Maui County officials said. Blazes have been raging across Maui and have also been reported on the island of Hawaii, trapping locals and visitors as strong winds linked to Hurricane Dora continue to hamper efforts by authorities to contain the flames.

Lahaina is the island immediately northwest of the big island.

The fires tore through the historic, popular vacation town of Lahaina, in Maui County, which Lt. Gov. Sylvia Luke (D) said was “decimated” and “forever changed.” President Biden declared a “major disaster” in Hawaii on Thursday and ordered federal aid to areas affected by wildfires, according to the White House....

In examining the USA Drought Monitor of Hawaii (click here) from July 11, 2023 (left image) and August 8, 2023 (right image), there is a significant difference in the island where Lahaina is located. After the El Nino cloud shown at the top of this entry, the drought on that particular island of the chain is far worse opening up the forest to extreme heat and added dryness.