Golf course workers keep an eye on where grass appears to be drying up and make irrigation adjustments accordingly, Sokugawa said. He didn't recall needing to increase irrigation dramatically to counter dry conditions. Schaefer said she sometimes sees a tantalizing promise of rain up in Ulupalakua. On top of that, it's been humid and muggy. But the promise of rain has not been fulfilled.
Rain has that very distinctive rain smell.
And nary a drop falls in Kihei. Schaefer said it's enough to make South Maui residents somewhat envious of residents on the windward side of the island. The bad news for Kihei residents is that the National Weather Service doesn't seeing any change in the weather pattern. Kihei is located in a naturally dry area in the southeast leeward slopes of Haleakala. It can receive heavy rainfall when a kona storm blows in from the south.