CAUGHT ON CAMERA: Timelapse of snow accumulation on Hawaii’s Mauna Loa volcano

(CBS, KYMA) - Timelapse imagery captured snow accumulating at the summit caldera of Mauna Loa, an active volcano on the Island of Hawaii, Monday.

USGS Volcanoes released the footage on Facebook with a caption reading in part, "Snow at the summit of Mauna Loa, Earth's largest active volcano. Much of Hawaii remains under a flood watch today, January 5, but that rain falls as snow at the high-altitude summit of Mauna Loa (13,678 feet or 4,169 meters above sea level)."

On Sunday, the National Weather Service (NWS) reported that "deep moisture" was being drawn from the south ahead of a "developing cold core kona low" that would produce "periods of heavy snow and ice over the summits Mauna Loa and Mauna Kea."

According to the NWS, a "kona low" is "a type of seasonal subtropical cyclone" that tends to form in the winter months.

The word "kona," the NWS said, means "leeward" in Hawaiian, "which refers to the side of an island that is usually sheltered from trade winds and rainfall—but not for these storms."

The NWS forecasted the low to weaken southwest of the islands through mid-week.