The storm, which prompted a National Weather Service winter weather advisory, hit Mauna Kea, a dormant shield volcano and Hawaii’s highest point at 13,796 feet above sea level. The advisory remains in effect today, November 19. Forecasters predict that another inch of snow could fall on the Big Island’s summits, mixed with freezing rain.

Photos circulating on social media showed parts of the Big Island covered in snow as a winter weather advisory remains in place.

SEATTLE - Snow fell on Hawaii's tallest peak this week, briefly turning the mountaintop into a winter wonderland. The summit area of Mauna Kea on the Big Island got about 2 inches (5 centimeters) of white powder. Hawaii is better known for its warm weather ...

Snow fell on Hawaii's tallest peak this week, briefly turning the mountaintop into a winter wonderland. The summit area of Mauna Kea on the Big Island got about 2 inches (5 centimeters) of white powder. Hawaii is better known for its warm weather, beaches ...

Satellite images have shown snow which dropped over Hawaii in a recent winter storm and scattered on top of some of the islands' highest peaks. During the snowfall, which hit some of the elevated areas of Hawaii in late November and early December, around ...

MAUNA KEA-- Fresh snow coated the Mauna Kea summit following this week's Kona Low. Five inches of snowfall were in the forecast, and Mother Nature delivered. In order to get to reach the summit, visitors must go up the access road in a four-wheel drive ...

Any place, including Hawaii, can become a winter wonderland with the right amount of snow. The Aloha State experienced likely its first snowfall of the season on Monday after a winter storm rolled in, coating a summit in glistening white snow. The arrival ...

HILO (HawaiiNewsNow) - The road to Mauna Kea’s summit remains closed as crews clear piles of snow that fell during a strong winter storm that barreled over the state earlier this week. The University of Hawaii at Hilo Center for Maunakea Stewardship said ...