Flash Flood Warning 95, NWS Honolulu, HI

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WGHW70 PHFO 232022
FFSHFO

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HONOLULU HI
1019 AM HST THU MAR 23 2006

HIC009-232029-
ISLAND OF MOLOKAI IN MAUI COUNTY-
1019 AM HST THU MAR 23 2006

...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING IS CANCELLED FOR THE ISLAND OF MOLOKAI IN
MAUI COUNTY...

...A FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR THE ISLANDS OF MAUI COUNTY REMAINS IN
EFFECT THROUGH TONIGHT...

HEAVY RAINS OVER MOLOKAI HAVE MOVED OFFSHORE.  INTENSE RAINS IN THE 
KAIWI CHANNEL ARE EXPECTED TO REMAIN OFFSHORE.

LAT...LON 2107 15737 2102 15673 2121 15671 2128 15729

$$

KODAMA

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HONOLULU HI
505 AM HST THU MAR 23 2006

.SYNOPSIS...
A KONA LOW WILL PERSIST NORTHWEST OF KAUAI THROUGH THIS WEEK.
THE ATMOSPHERE OVER THE ISLANDS REMAINS UNSTABLE AS THE LOW DRAWS
TROPICAL MOISTURE UP FROM THE SOUTH. THE THREAT OF HEAVY SHOWERS
CONTINUES THROUGH LATE TONIGHT. THIS LOW WILL WEAKEN AND MOVE WEST
OVER THE WEEKEND.

&&

.DISCUSSION...
THE LINE OF HEAVY RAIN WITH EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORMS THAT AFFECTED
KAUAI AND OAHU EARLIER IS MOVING TO MOLOKAI THIS MORNING. THERE WERE
SOME FLOODING REPORTED ON OAHU LATE LAST NIGHT BUT LUCKILY THE
PRECIPITATION HAS PRETTY MUCH LESSENED OVER THE TWO WESTERN ISLANDS
AT THIS MORNING. SHALL CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE SITUATION FOR MAUI
COUNTY SINCE THIS BAND WILL BE AFFECTING THEM IN THE COMING HOURS.
HAVE SEEN SOME CLEARING BEHIND THIS RAIN BAND OVER KAUAI AND OAHU.
FORECAST CHARTS DO NOT APPEAR TO HAVE A GOOD HANDLE ON THE CURRENT
SITUATION. BUT THEN FORECAST CHARTS INSIST ANOTHER ROUND OF
UNSETTLED WEATHER OVER THE WESTERN ISLANDS LATER TODAY AND TONIGHT
AS ANOTHER WEAK UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE FORECAST TO MOVE OVER THE
ISLANDS. NOT TOO SURE IF THIS SCENARIO WILL WORK OUT...THOUGH THE
AIR MASS OVER OUR AREA REMAINS MOIST AND PRETTY UNSTABLE. THUS SHALL
GIVE THE WESTERN ISLANDS LESS CLOUDS AND PRECIPITATION THIS MORNING
THEN REINTRODUCED THE UNSETTLED WEATHER LATER TODAY AND TONIGHT.
FORECAST CHARTS ARE AT LEAST CONSISTENT IN HAVING THIS KONA LOW
SLOWLY MOVING WEST THEN WEAKENING OVER THE WEEKEND. DO LOOK FOR
IMPROVING WEATHER BY FRIDAY AND OVER THE WEEKEND AT THIS POINT.

WINDS ON THE SUMMITS OF THE BIG ISLAND HAVE INCREASED TO 30 MPH AND
ABOVE AT TIMES. HAVE ISSUED AN WIND ADVISORY FOR THAT AREA VALID
UNTIL EARLY SATURDAY MORNING.

EXTENDED PERIOD OVER EARLY NEXT WEEK IS ALSO A TAD UNCERTAIN AT
THIS POINT...AS FORECAST CHARTS KEEP SOME TROUGHING OVER OUR AREA.
FORECAST CHARTS HINT LOW DEVELOPING VICINITY BIG ISLAND THEN MOVES
NORTHEAST. NOT TOO SURE IF I CAN BELIEVE IN THIS SOLUTION. LOOKS
LIKE HIGH PRESSURE WILL TRY TO REBUILD TO THE NORTH. DEPENDING ON
HOW MUCH TROUGHING REMAINS OVER THE ISLANDS...WE MAY ACTUALLY SEE
SOME LIGHT TRADE WINDS. HAVE CHOSEN TO BE A TAD MORE OPTIMISTIC AT
THIS POINT...BY KEEPING HEAVY PRECIPITATION OUT AND PUT SOME LIGHT
TRADES BACK FOR THE EXTENDED PERIOD AT TIME.

&&

.HFO WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
FLASH FLOOD WATCH THROUGH LATE THURSDAY NIGHT FOR ALL HAWAIIAN
ISLANDS.
WIND ADVISORY BIG ISLAND SUMMITS THROUGH EARLY SATURDAY.

&&

HUI