High Wind Warning 7, NWS Honolulu, HI

000 
WWHW70 PHFO 021353
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URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HONOLULU HI
353 AM HST THU NOV 2 2006

...HIGH WIND WARNING CONTINUES FOR BIG ISLAND SUMMITS AND WIND
ADVISORY CONTINUES FOR HALEAKALA SUMMIT THROUGH TODAY...

.THE TIGHT PRESSURE GRADIENT BETWEEN AN UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE
PASSING NORTH OF THE ISLANDS...AND UPPER LEVEL RIDGING TO THE
SOUTH OF THE ISLANDS...IS RESPONSIBLE FOR THE STRONG WINDS. THE
WINDS WILL RELAX LATER TODAY AS THE DISTURBANCE WEAKENS AND STARTS
TO MOVE AWAY.

HIZ028-030200-
/O.CON.PHFO.HW.W.0007.000000T0000Z-061103T0200Z/
BIG ISLAND SUMMITS-
353 AM HST THU NOV 2 2006

...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM HST THIS
AFTERNOON...

SOUTHWEST WINDS OF 35 TO 45 MPH...WITH SOME GUSTS OVER 60 MPH...
ARE EXPECTED TO GRADUALLY DIMINISH DURING THE DAY. 

A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS A HAZARDOUS HIGH WIND EVENT IS EXPECTED
OR OCCURRING. SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OF AT LEAST 40 MPH OR GUSTS
OF 60 MPH OR MORE CAN LEAD TO PROPERTY DAMAGE.

$$

HIZ022-030200-
/O.CON.PHFO.WI.Y.0031.000000T0000Z-061103T0200Z/
HALEAKALA SUMMIT-
353 AM HST THU NOV 2 2006

...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM HST THIS
AFTERNOON...

SOUTHWEST WINDS OF 30 TO 40 MPH...WITH SOME GUSTS OVER 50 MPH...
ARE EXPECTED TO GRADUALLY DIMINISH DURING THE DAY.

A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT STRONG WINDS OF 30 MPH WITH FREQUENT
GUSTS ABOVE 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE
DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE
EXTRA CAUTION.

$$
R BALLARD

000 
WWHW70 PHFO 030149
NPWHFO

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HONOLULU HI
349 PM HST THU NOV 2 2006

...WIND ADVISORY FOR BIG ISLAND SUMMITS...

.THE PRESSURE GRADIENT OVER THE ISLANDS IS RESPONSIBLE FOR STRONG
WINDS OVER THE SUMMITS OF THE BIG ISLAND. THE WINDS ARE EXPECTED
TO CONTINUE TO DECREASE OVERNIGHT.

HIZ028-031500-
/O.CAN.PHFO.HW.W.0007.000000T0000Z-061103T0200Z/
/O.NEW.PHFO.WI.Y.0032.061103T0200Z-061103T1600Z/
BIG ISLAND SUMMITS-
349 PM HST THU NOV 2 2006

...HIGH WIND WARNING IS CANCELLED...
...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM HST FRIDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HONOLULU HAS ISSUED A WIND
ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM HST FRIDAY. THE HIGH
WIND WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. 

SOUTHWEST WINDS OF 25 TO 30 MPH...WITH SOME GUSTS TO 50 MPH...ARE
EXPECTED TO GRADUALLY DECREASE OVERNIGHT.

A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT STRONG WINDS OF 30 MPH WITH FREQUENT
GUSTS ABOVE 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE
DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE
EXTRA CAUTION.

$$

HIZ022-030300-
/O.CAN.PHFO.WI.Y.0031.000000T0000Z-061103T0200Z/
HALEAKALA SUMMIT-
349 PM HST THU NOV 2 2006

...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HONOLULU HAS CANCELLED THE WIND
ADVISORY FOR THE HALEAKALA SUMMIT. SOUTHWEST WINDS OF 20 TO 25
MPH WILL CONTINUE TO DECREASE OVERNIGHT.

$$

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HONOLULU HI
900 PM HST WED NOV 1 2006

.SYNOPSIS...
RAIN CONTINUES AS A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM MOVES TOWARDS AND OVER THE
MAIN HAWAIIAN ISLANDS. THE RAIN MAY BE HEAVY AT TIMES OVER MAUI
COUNTY TONIGHT. THE LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM SHOULD PASS NORTH OF THE
ISLANDS TOMORROW...AND THE CHANCE FOR RAIN WILL DECREASE AS WE HEAD
INTO THE WEEKEND. EXPECT RAINFALL TO FAVOR THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING
HOURS THIS WEEKEND. THE TRADES WILL PROBABLY RETURN EARLY NEXT WEEK.

&&

.DISCUSSION...
HAVE TRIMMED BACK A BIT ON THE HEAVY RAINFALL WORDING OVERNIGHT FOR
KAUAI AND OAHU. RADARS ARE SHOWING A LULL IN THE ACTION AS THE BEST
ISENTROPIC LIFT IS PUSHING EAST AND WEAKENING. WE HAVE TO KEEP THE
FLASH FLOOD WATCH GOING...THOUGH...AS THE AIRMASS REMAINS VERY MOIST
AND SOMEWHAT UNSTABLE. IT WOULDN/T TAKE MUCH FORCING AT ALL TO
GENERATE HEAVY SHOWERS...AND WITH THE WEAK WIND FLOW IN THE LOW
LAYERS...THESE COULD BECOME ANCHORED ON THE TERRAIN. MAIN THREAT
OVERNIGHT APPEARS TO BE MAUI COUNTY WHERE THE AIRMASS ISN/T QUITE
AS WORKED OVER. THERE IS STILL A SHORTWAVE WEST OF THE ISLANDS NEAR
168W THAT COULD START TO ENHANCE SHOWERS OVER THE WESTERN MAIN
ISLANDS LATER TONIGHT...THOUGH THE BEST FORCING FROM THIS FEATURE
WILL PROBABLY PASS NORTH OF US.

&&

.PREV DISCUSSION...
FROM 450 PM...HAVE INCREASED THE WINDS OVER THE HALEAKALA SUMMIT FOR
LATER TONIGHT INTO TOMORROW. MODELS INDICATE SOUTHWEST WINDS AT 600
MB TO INCREASE TO AROUND 30 KNOTS TONIGHT...SUBSIDING THROUGH THE
DAY TOMORROW.

HEAVY RAINS CONTINUE TO BE THE THREAT ACROSS THE MAIN HAWAIIAN
ISLANDS THIS AFTERNOON. THE RAIN HAS BEEN HEAVIEST OVER THE KOOLAU
RANGE...WITH SOME LOCATIONS RECEIVING IN EXCESS OF 6 INCHES OF RAIN
IN THE LAST 12 HOURS. THE LULUKU...WILSON TUNNEL...AND ST STEPHENS
RAIN GAGES HAVE REPORTED BETWEEN 8 AND 10 INCHES OF RAIN BETWEEN 2
PM YESTERDAY AND 2 PM TODAY. SOME OF THIS RAIN CONTRIBUTED TO A
LANDSLIDE ALONG THE PALI HIGHWAY LATE THIS MORNING.

KAUAI AND OAHU HAVE BEEN HARDEST HIT WITH RAINFALL TODAY...AND THEY
WILL REMAIN THE PRIMARY TARGETS FOR RAIN TONIGHT AS THEY ARE CLOSEST
TO THE LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM PASSAGE. MOLOKAI...MAUI...LANAI AND
KAHOOLAWE REMAIN WITHIN THE OVERALL THREAT AREA. THUNDER HAS BEEN
REPORTED BY SEVERAL SPOTTERS...AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL REMAIN A
POSSIBILITY INTO TONIGHT.

THE LOW IS ABOUT 200 MILES SOUTHWEST OF KAUAI THIS AFTERNOON...AND
HAS MOVED LITTLE OVER THE LAST FEW HOURS. THE LAST TWO MODEL RUNS OF
THE GFS CONTINUE TO DEPICT THE LOW MOVING OVER THE MAIN HAWAIIAN
ISLANDS TONIGHT. THE 18Z RUN OF THE WRF-NMM IS A BIT SLOWER WITH THE
LOW PASSING OVER THE ISLANDS...AND AS A RESULT HAVE THE MOISTURE
LINGERING A BIT LONGER. AT THE SAME TIME...THE WRF-NMM HAS LOWER
PRECIPITATION VALUES THAN THE GFS. THE GFS MAY BE A TOUCH TOO FAST
IN MOVING THE LOW NORTHEAST OF THE ISLANDS LATE TONIGHT AND INTO
TOMORROW...BUT THE PRECIPITATION VALUES SEEM TO BE MORE IN LINE WITH
THE OBSERVED RAINFALL.

EVEN AS THE LOW MOVES NORTHEAST OF THE ISLANDS LATE THURSDAY...THE
ATMOSPHERE WILL REMAIN MOIST...SO DON/T EXPECT THE RAIN TO ABRUPTLY
STOP. MODELS AGREE THAT THE SUBTROPICAL RIDGE WILL REDEVELOP NEAR
THE BIG ISLAND BY SATURDAY...WITH MOIST SOUTHERLY WINDS CONTINUING
FOR THE WESTERN AND CENTRAL ISLANDS AS WE START THE WEEKEND.

LONGER RANGE GUIDANCE SHOWS THE SUBTROPICAL RIDGE SHIFTING BACK TO
THE NORTH OVER THE ISLANDS OVER THE WEEKEND. EVEN THOUGH MID LEVEL
RIDGING WILL BE BUILDING IN FROM THE WEST...THE AIRMASS WILL REMAIN
MOIST ENOUGH TO SUPPORT A CONVECTIVE PATTERN THAT COULD LEAD TO
LOCALLY HEAVY AFTERNOON AND EVENING SHOWERS OVER THE ISLAND
INTERIORS. HIGH PRESSURE WILL BUILD TO THE NORTH OF THE ISLANDS
LATER MONDAY ALLOWING THE TRADES TO MAKE A COMEBACK WITH DRIER AIR
AND LOWER HUMIDITY SPREADING IN FROM THE EAST.

AT 3 PM...HIGH CLOUDS COVER ALL THE MAIN HAWAIIAN ISLANDS EXCEPT FOR
THE BIG ISLAND...WHERE THE HIGH CLOUDS ARE BEGINNING TO BRUSH BY.
HAVE INCREASED THE CLOUD COVERAGE OVER MOST AREAS TO FULLY REFLECT
THE CLOUDY CONDITIONS.

&&

.MARINE...
THE NORTH SWELL HAS DECREASED ENOUGH TO STOP THE SURGES IN HILO AND
KAHULUI HARBORS...AND AS SUCH...THE STATEMENT HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO
EXPIRE.

&&

.HFO WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
FLASH FLOOD WATCH THROUGH 6 PM THURSDAY FOR NIIHAU...KAUAI...AND
OAHU...MOLOKAI...LANAI...KAHOOLAWE...AND MAUI.

&&

R BALLARD