Nānā Uli Hawaiian Meteorology & Climatology

Kamehameha Pai‘ea Pai'ea Thunder and lightning, The cry of a babe Cold wind and rain; Born on this night, A comet shines above A royal son, called Kohala! Pai'ea!

Kamehameha Pai‘ea Kamehameha was born on a stormy night at Kokoiki in Kohala, on the island of Hawai'i. Exactly when he was born is not known. It may have been in November, for November is the month of rain, thunder and lightning. A bright star with a long tail appeared during Kamehameha’s birth. That kind of star is a comet. Astronomers know that Halley’s comet was seen in It is probable that Kamehameha was born in November 1758.

Nānā Uli Halekamahina – hill in Kapoho (Puna, Island of Hawai‘I) –Nānā Uli –Kilo makani –Nānā ao Signs appear to everyone, but only wise people notice them

Kumukahi and Makanoni

SPACE - LEWA The highest stratum of space, lewa, is the lewa lani ; the place below the lewa lani — equidistant from the sky downward and the earth upward — was called ka ho‘oku‘i, the juncture, or ka ho‘ohalawai, the meeting; this was named Kamaku‘ialewa (The joining place of space). Below Kamaku‘ialewa, and close to the circle of air that surrounds the earth [the atmosphere] is Keapoalewa (The ring of space). Below (malalo o) Keapoalewa, in (maloko o) the atmosphere where birds fly, is the lewa nu‘u. The space in which a man's legs dangle as he holds onto a branch of a tree is called the haka-a-lewa (ladder to space). If a man stands on the ground and lifts up one foot, leaving the other on the ground, this is called lewa ho‘omakua (a space established), because of the one foot remaining on the ground. The Works of the People of Old Samuel Manaiakalani Kamakau

Nā Kilo Hōkū Nā n ā Uli

Holomoana (sea voyaging)

Kūkulu Heiau

Pu‘ukohola