Alert archive / Hawaii / Wind Advisories in 2006
Wind Advisory 5, NWS Honolulu, HI
NWS Honolulu, HI issued this wind advisory at Feb 4, 2006, 3:16 PM HST for Hawaii County, Kalawao County, Hawaii. It took effect at Feb 5, 2006, 9:54 AM HST. It was in force for 23 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Feb 4, 2006, 3:16 PM HST (01:16 UTC)
- In effect from
- Feb 5, 2006, 9:54 AM HST
- Expired
- Feb 6, 2006, 8:34 AM HST
- In force
- 23 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Honolulu, HI
Counties Hawaii County, HI, Kalawao County, HI
The nearest sounding before it
Hilo, (PITO), launched 00:00Z, 1.3 hours before the alert went out and 150 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1413 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 23 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -4 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 4 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WWHW70 PHFO 050116 NPWHFO URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HONOLULU HI 316 PM HST SAT FEB 4 2006 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FOR THE SUMMIT AREAS OF HALEAKALA MAUNA LOA AND MAUNA KEA... .AN UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE EAST OF THE STATE WILL MAINTAIN STRONG AND GUSTY NORTHERLY WINDS ACROSS THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS OF MAUI AND THE BIG ISLAND. THE STRONG WINDS WILL PERSIST UNTIL MONDAY MORNING. PERSONS TRAVELING TO THE SUMMITS SHOULD EXERCISE EXTREME CAUTION WHILE DRIVING OR BICYCLING ON ROADS AND HIKING ON TRAILS AS CROSS WINDS WILL PRODUCE HAZARDOUS CONDITIONS. HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES ARE ESPECIALLY AT RISK. HIZ022-028-051400- /O.NEW.PHFO.WI.Y.0005.060205T0200Z-060206T2000Z/ HALEAKALA SUMMIT-BIG ISLAND SUMMITS- 316 PM HST SAT FEB 4 2006 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM HST MONDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HONOLULU HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM HST MONDAY. NORTHERLY WINDS WILL BE 30 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS OVER 50 MPH. $$ TANABE
7 follow-up statements
000 WWHW70 PHFO 050853 NPWHFO URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HONOLULU HI 1053 PM HST SAT FEB 4 2006 ...HIGH WIND WARNING ISSUED FOR THE SUMMITS OF MAUNA LOA AND MAUNA KEA... ...WIND ADVISORY STILL IN EFFECT FOR THE SUMMIT OF HALEAKALA... .AN UPPER-LEVEL DISTURBANCE EAST OF THE STATE WILL MAINTAIN STRONG AND GUSTY NORTHERLY WINDS ACROSS THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS OF MAUI AND THE BIG ISLAND THROUGH MONDAY MORNING. ANYONE AT THE SUMMITS SHOULD EXERCISE EXTREME CAUTION WHILE DRIVING OR BICYCLING ON ROADS AND HIKING ON TRAILS AS CROSS WINDS WILL PRODUCE HAZARDOUS CONDITIONS. HIGH-PROFILE VEHICLES ARE ESPECIALLY AT RISK. HIZ028-052100- /O.UPG.PHFO.WI.Y.0005.000000T0000Z-060206T2000Z/ /O.NEW.PHFO.HW.W.0001.060205T0853Z-060206T2000Z/ BIG ISLAND SUMMITS- 1053 PM HST SAT FEB 4 2006 ...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM HST MONDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HONOLULU HAS ISSUED A HIGH WIND WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM HST MONDAY. THE WIND ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. NORTHERLY WINDS WILL BE 45 TO 50 MPH WITH GUSTS OVER 60 MPH. A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS THAT A HAZARDOUS HIGH WIND EVENT IS OCCURRING. SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OF AT LEAST 40 MPH OR GUSTS OF 60 MPH OR MORE CAN DAMAGE PROPERTY AND ENDANGER PEOPLE. $$ HIZ022-052100- /O.CON.PHFO.WI.Y.0005.000000T0000Z-060206T2000Z/ HALEAKALA SUMMIT- 1053 PM HST SAT FEB 4 2006 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM HST MONDAY... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM HST MONDAY. NORTHERLY WINDS WILL BE 30 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS OVER 50 MPH. $$
000 WWHW70 PHFO 051954 NPWHFO URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HONOLULU HI 954 AM HST SUN FEB 5 2006 ...HIGH WIND WARNING CONTINUES FOR THE SUMMITS OF MAUNA LOA AND MAUNA KEA... ...WIND ADVISORY CONTINUES FOR THE SUMMIT OF HALEAKALA... ...WIND ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR KOHALA BIG ISLAND INTERIOR AND NORTHERN PORTIONS OF THE WINDWARD COAST... .AN UPPER-LEVEL DISTURBANCE EAST OF THE STATE WILL PRODUCE STRONG AND GUSTY NORTHERLY WINDS TODAY ACROSS THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS OF MAUI AND THE BIG ISLAND AND THE LOWER ELEVATIONS OF NORTHERN BIG ISLAND...PARTICULARLY IN KOHALA. ANYONE AT THE SUMMITS SHOULD EXERCISE EXTREME CAUTION WHILE DRIVING OR BICYCLING ON ROADS AND HIKING ON TRAILS AS CROSS WINDS WILL PRODUCE HAZARDOUS CONDITIONS. HIGH-PROFILE VEHICLES ARE ESPECIALLY AT RISK. HIZ028-060400- /O.EXT.PHFO.HW.W.0001.000000T0000Z-060206T0400Z/ BIG ISLAND SUMMITS- 954 AM HST SUN FEB 5 2006 ...HIGH WIND WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM HST THIS AFTERNOON... THE HIGH WIND WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM HST THIS AFTERNOON. NORTHERLY WINDS WILL BE 45 TO 50 MPH WITH GUSTS OVER 60 MPH. A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS THAT A HAZARDOUS HIGH WIND EVENT IS OCCURRING. SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OF AT LEAST 40 MPH OR GUSTS OF 60 MPH OR MORE CAN DAMAGE PROPERTY AND ENDANGER PEOPLE. $$ HIZ025>027-060400- /O.EXB.PHFO.WI.Y.0005.000000T0000Z-060206T0400Z/ BIG ISLAND NORTH AND EAST-KOHALA-BIG ISLAND INTERIOR- 954 AM HST SUN FEB 5 2006 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM HST THIS AFTERNOON... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HONOLULU HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM HST THIS AFTERNOON. NORTHEAST WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS OVER 50 MPH WILL OCCUR ALONG PORTIONS OF NORTHERN BIG ISLAND TODAY...PARTICULARLY IN AREAS LEE OF THE KOHALA MOUNTAINS. $$ HIZ022-060800- /O.EXT.PHFO.WI.Y.0005.000000T0000Z-060206T1600Z/ HALEAKALA SUMMIT- 954 AM HST SUN FEB 5 2006 ...WIND ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM HST MONDAY... THE WIND ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM HST MONDAY. NORTHERLY WINDS WILL BE 30 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS OVER 50 MPH. $$
000 WWHW70 PHFO 060329 NPWHFO URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HONOLULU HI 529 PM HST SUN FEB 5 2006 ...HIGH WIND WARNING FOR THE SUMMITS OF MAUNA LOA AND MAUNA KEA DOWNGRADED TO A WIND ADVISORY THROUGH TONIGHT... ...WIND ADVISORY CANCELLED FOR THE SUMMIT OF HALEAKALA... ...WIND ADVISORY CONTINUED FOR KOHALA BIG ISLAND INTERIOR AND NORTHERN PORTIONS OF THE WINDWARD COAST THROUGH MIDNIGHT... .AN UPPER-LEVEL DISTURBANCE EAST OF THE STATE WILL PRODUCE STRONG AND GUSTY NORTHEAST WINDS ACROSS LOWER ELEVATIONS OF NORTHERN BIG ISLAND THROUGH MIDNIGHT...PARTICULARLY IN KOHALA...AND ACROSS THE SUMMITS OF THE BIG ISLAND THROUGH TONIGHT. ANYONE AT THE SUMMITS SHOULD EXERCISE EXTREME CAUTION WHILE DRIVING ON ROADS AS CROSS WINDS WILL PRODUCE HAZARDOUS CONDITIONS. HIGH-PROFILE VEHICLES ARE ESPECIALLY AT RISK. HIZ028-061530- /O.CAN.PHFO.HW.W.0001.000000T0000Z-060206T0400Z/ /O.EXB.PHFO.WI.Y.0005.000000T0000Z-060206T1600Z/ BIG ISLAND SUMMITS- 529 PM HST SUN FEB 5 2006 ...HIGH WIND WARNING IS CANCELLED... ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM HST MONDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HONOLULU HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM HST MONDAY. THE HIGH WIND WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. WINDS OF 30 TO 40 MPH WILL PERSIST THROUGH TONIGHT. 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. $$ HIZ022-060430- /O.CAN.PHFO.WI.Y.0005.000000T0000Z-060206T1600Z/ HALEAKALA SUMMIT- 529 PM HST SUN FEB 5 2006 ...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HONOLULU HAS CANCELLED THE WIND ADVISORY. WINDS HAVE DIMINISHED BELOW 30 MPH. $$ HIZ025>027-061000- /O.EXT.PHFO.WI.Y.0005.000000T0000Z-060206T1000Z/ BIG ISLAND NORTH AND EAST-KOHALA-BIG ISLAND INTERIOR- 529 PM HST SUN FEB 5 2006 ...WIND ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT HST TONIGHT... THE WIND ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT HST TONIGHT. NORTHEAST WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS OVER 50 MPH WILL OCCUR ALONG PORTIONS OF NORTHERN BIG ISLAND THROUGH MIDNIGHT...PARTICULARLY IN AREAS LEE OF THE KOHALA MOUNTAINS. $$
000 WWHW70 PHFO 061035 NPWHFO URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HONOLULU HI 1235 AM HST MON FEB 6 2006 ...WIND ADVISORY FOR NORTHERN PORTIONS OF THE WINDWARD COAST OF THE BIG ISLAND OF HAWAII EXPIRED AT MIDNIGHT... ...WIND ADVISORY FOR THE SUMMITS OF MAUNA LOA AND MAUNA KEA CONTINUES THROUGH EARLY MONDAY MORNING... ...WIND ADVISORY CONTINUED FOR KOHALA BIG ISLAND INTERIOR CONTINUED THROUGH EARLY MONDAY MORNING... .AN UPPER-LEVEL DISTURBANCE AND SMALL SURFACE LOW EAST OF THE STATE WILL PRODUCE STRONG AND GUSTY NORTHEAST WINDS ACROSS PORTIONS OF THE BIG ISLAND THROUGH EARLY MONDAY MORNING. ANYONE IN THE AFFECTED AREAS SHOULD EXERCISE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING ON ROADS AS CROSS WINDS WILL PRODUCE HAZARDOUS CONDITIONS. HIGH- PROFILE VEHICLES ARE ESPECIALLY AT RISK. HIZ026-027-061600- /O.EXA.PHFO.WI.Y.0005.000000T0000Z-060206T1600Z/ KOHALA-BIG ISLAND INTERIOR- 1235 AM HST MON FEB 6 2006 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM HST EARLY THIS MORNING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HONOLULU HAS CONTINUED THE WIND ADVISORY THROUGH 6 AM HST EARLY THIS MORNING. WINDS OF 30 TO 40 MPH WILL PERSIST THROUGH TONIGHT. A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT STRONG WINDS OF 30 MPH WITH FREQUENT GUSTS ABOVE 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. $$ HIZ028-061600- /O.CON.PHFO.WI.Y.0005.000000T0000Z-060206T1600Z/ BIG ISLAND SUMMITS- 1235 AM HST MON FEB 6 2006 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM HST EARLY THIS MORNING... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM HST EARLY THIS MORNING. WINDS OF 30 TO 40 MPH WILL PERSIST THROUGH TONIGHT. 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. $$
000 WWHW70 PHFO 061126 NPWHFO URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HONOLULU HI 126 AM HST MON FEB 6 2006 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FOR THE SUMMIT AREA OF HALEAKALA ON MAUI UNTIL EARLY MONDAY MORNING... ...WIND ADVISORY FOR THE SUMMITS OF MAUNA LOA AND MAUNA KEA CONTINUES THROUGH MONDAY MORNING... ...WIND ADVISORY FOR KOHALA AND INTERIOR BIG ISLAND CONTINUES THROUGH MONDAY MORNING... .AN UPPER-LEVEL DISTURBANCE AND SMALL SURFACE LOW EAST OF THE STATE WILL PRODUCE STRONG AND GUSTY NORTHEAST WINDS ACROSS PORTIONS OF THE BIG ISLAND THROUGH EARLY MONDAY MORNING. ANYONE IN THE AFFECTED AREAS SHOULD EXERCISE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING ON ROADS AS CROSS WINDS WILL PRODUCE HAZARDOUS CONDITIONS. HIGH- PROFILE VEHICLES ARE ESPECIALLY AT RISK. HIZ022-062000- /O.EXB.PHFO.WI.Y.0005.000000T0000Z-060206T2000Z/ HALEAKALA SUMMIT- 126 AM HST MON FEB 6 2006 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM HST THIS MORNING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HONOLULU HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM HST THIS MORNING. WINDS OF 30 TO 40 MPH WILL PERSIST THROUGH TONIGHT. A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT STRONG WINDS OF 30 MPH WITH FREQUENT GUSTS ABOVE 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. $$ HIZ026-027-062000- /O.EXT.PHFO.WI.Y.0005.000000T0000Z-060206T2000Z/ KOHALA-BIG ISLAND INTERIOR- 126 AM HST MON FEB 6 2006 ...WIND ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM HST THIS MORNING... THE WIND ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM HST THIS MORNING. WINDS OF 30 TO 40 MPH WILL PERSIST THROUGH MONDAY MORNING. 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. $$ HIZ028-062000- /O.EXT.PHFO.WI.Y.0005.000000T0000Z-060206T2000Z/ BIG ISLAND SUMMITS- 126 AM HST MON FEB 6 2006 ...WIND ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM HST THIS MORNING... THE WIND ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM HST THIS MORNING. WINDS OF 30 TO 40 MPH WILL PERSIST THROUGH MONDAY MORNING. A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT STRONG WINDS OF 30 MPH WITH FREQUENT GUSTS ABOVE 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. $$ FARRELL
000 WWHW70 PHFO 061346 NPWHFO URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HONOLULU HI 346 AM HST MON FEB 6 2006 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FOR THE SUMMIT AREA OF HALEAKALA ON MAUI THROUGH THIS MORNING... ...WIND ADVISORY FOR THE SUMMITS OF MAUNA LOA AND MAUNA KEA CONTINUES THROUGH THIS MORNING... ...WIND ADVISORY FOR KOHALA AND INTERIOR BIG ISLAND CONTINUES THROUGH THIS MORNING... .AN UPPER-LEVEL DISTURBANCE AND SMALL SURFACE LOW EAST OF THE STATE WILL PRODUCE STRONG AND GUSTY NORTHEAST WINDS ACROSS PORTIONS OF THE BIG ISLAND THROUGH THIS MORNING. ANYONE IN THE AFFECTED AREAS SHOULD EXERCISE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING ON ROADS AS CROSS WINDS WILL PRODUCE HAZARDOUS CONDITIONS. HIGH- PROFILE VEHICLES ARE ESPECIALLY AT RISK. HIZ026-027-062000- /O.CON.PHFO.WI.Y.0005.000000T0000Z-060206T2000Z/ KOHALA-BIG ISLAND INTERIOR- 346 AM HST MON FEB 6 2006 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM HST THIS MORNING... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM HST THIS MORNING FOR WINDS OF 30 TO 40 MPH. WINDS WILL DECREASE LATER THIS MORNING. 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. $$ HIZ022-062000- /O.CON.PHFO.WI.Y.0005.000000T0000Z-060206T2000Z/ HALEAKALA SUMMIT- 346 AM HST MON FEB 6 2006 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM HST THIS MORNING... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM HST THIS MORNING FOR WINDS OF 30 TO 40 MPH. WINDS WILL DECREASE LATER THIS MORNING. A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT STRONG WINDS OF 30 MPH WITH FREQUENT GUSTS ABOVE 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. $$ HIZ028-062000- /O.CON.PHFO.WI.Y.0005.000000T0000Z-060206T2000Z/ BIG ISLAND SUMMITS- 346 AM HST MON FEB 6 2006 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM HST THIS MORNING... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM HST THIS MORNING FOR WINDS OF 30 TO 40 MPH. WINDS WILL DECREASE LATER THIS MORNING. 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. $$ FARRELL
000 WWHW70 PHFO 061834 NPWHFO URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HONOLULU HI 834 AM HST MON FEB 6 2006 ...THE WIND ADVISORY FOR HALEAKALA SUMMIT THE BIG ISLAND SUMMITS AND THE LOWER ELEVATIONS OF NORTHERN BIG ISLAND IS CANCELLED... .OVERVIEW...MID LEVEL RIDGING CONTINUES TO PUSH AN AREA OF LOW PRESSURE AWAY FROM THE STATE. AS A RESULT STRONG NORTHEASTERLY WINDS HAVE ABATED OVER THE EASTERN END OF THE ISLAND CHAIN. HIZ022-026>028-061945- /O.CAN.PHFO.WI.Y.0005.000000T0000Z-060206T2000Z/ HALEAKALA SUMMIT-KOHALA-BIG ISLAND INTERIOR-BIG ISLAND SUMMITS- 834 AM HST MON FEB 6 2006 ...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HONOLULU HAS CANCELLED THE WIND ADVISORY. WINDS HAVE SUBSIDED BELOW ADVISORY LEVELS. $$ WROE
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this wind advisory went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Honolulu, HI wrote its last area forecast discussion before this wind advisory went out at Feb 4, 10:30 AM HST, 4 hours 46 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Feb 4, 10:30 AM HST, 4 hours 46 minutes before
HAWAIIAN ISLANDS FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HONOLULU HI 1030 AM HST SAT FEB 4 2006 .SYNOPSIS... BRISK NORTH NORTHEAST WINDS WILL KEEP TEMPERATURES AROUND THE STATE ON THE COOL SIDE TODAY. THE WINDS WILL GRADUALLY RETURN TOWARD A MORE TYPICAL EASTERLY DIRECTION STARTING SUNDAY...AS HIGH PRESSURE MOVES NORTH OF THE STATE AND A SURFACE TROUGH TO THE EAST MOVES FURTHER AWAY FROM THE ISLANDS. TRADE WIND WEATHER WILL RETURN MONDAY AND TUESDAY. A COLD FRONT WILL BRING INCREASING SHOWERS ACROSS THE STATE WEDNESDAY. && .DISCUSSION... NORTH TO NORTHEASTERLY FLOW CONTINUES TO USHER IN A COOL AND DRY POST FRONTAL AIRMASS OVER THE STATE. THE COOL AIRMASS AND A RELATIVELY STRONG INVERSION ARE CONTRIBUTING TO THE EXTENSIVE STRATOCUMULUS FIELD AROUND THE ISLANDS THIS MORNING. WITH DRY AIR BOTH BELOW AND ABOVE THE CLOUD LAYER...BELIEVE THE CLOUDS WILL GRADUALLY THIN OUT TODAY AS THE SUN STARTS TO HEAT THINGS UP AND DRIER AIR GETS MIXED INTO THE CLOUD LAYER. LITTLE TO NO SHOWERS ARE EXPECTED TODAY DUE THE DRY AIRMASS AND STABLE CONDITIONS OVER THE SMALLER ISLANDS. THE EXCEPTION TODAY WILL BE THE BIG ISLAND...WHERE THE INVERSION IS HIGHER OVERALL AND NOT AS PRONOUNCED DUE TO THE TROUGH TO THE EAST. IN ADDITION...THERE IS STILL A LOT OF LINGERING LOW LEVEL MOISTURE FROM THE RECENT SHEARLINE PASSAGE. WHILE WINDWARD SECTIONS RECEIVED THE MOST RAINFALL THROUGH THIS MORNING...THE NORTHERLY ORIENTATION OF THE WINDS OVER THE BIG ISLAND CHANGED THE GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION OF SHOWERS. OVERNIGHT...THE HAMAKUA COAST FROM UPOLU POINT SOUTHWARD TO PEPEEKEO OR SO SAW THE MOST RAINFALL...WITH AREAS FROM HILO TO GLENWOOD REMAINING DRY UNTIL JUST AROUND SUNRISE. THAT SAID EXPECT THE CURRENT CONDITIONS ALONG THE HAMAKUA AND HILO COAST AREAS TO PERSIST INTO THE AFTERNOON. STARTING TOMORROW...THE WINDS WILL BEGIN TO GRADUALLY SHIFT TOWARD THE MORE USUAL EASTERLY DIRECTION AS HIGH PRESSURE MOVES NORTH OF THE STATE AND A SURFACE TROUGH EAST OF THE ISLANDS WEAKENS AND MOVES FURTHER AWAY. TRADES AND TRADE WIND WEATHER WILL SETTLE IN MONDAY AND TUESDAY. THIS TROUGH IS A SURFACE REFLECTION OF AN UPPER LEVEL LOW MOVING SOUTHWESTWARD TOWARD THE STATE. WHILE THE UPPER LOW IS NOT EXPECTED TO IMPACT US DIRECTLY...IT WILL LIKELY COME CLOSE ENOUGH TO INCREASE WINDS OVER THE SUMMITS OF THE BIG ISLAND AND HALEAKALA TOWARD MID WEEK. AS AN ASIDE...NUMERICAL MODELS DO NOT AGREE ON WHETHER OR NOT A CLOSED CIRCULATION OR LOW WILL DEVELOP WITHIN THE SURFACE TROUGH...WHICH BY SOME ACCOUNTS WOULD BE CONSIDERED A KONA LOW. IF A SURFACE LOW DOES FORM...IT IS EXPECTED REMAIN TO OUR EAST...PLACING US ON THE /GOOD/ WEATHER SIDE OF A KONA LOW. TAKING INTO ACCOUNT THE CURRENT SHIFT TOWARD LA NINA CONDITIONS...AS FORECAST BY THE CLIMATE PREDICTION CENTER...WE MAY SEE A FEW MORE KONA TYPE SYSTEMS DEVELOP IN THE COMING MONTHS. AN APPROACHING COLD FRONT IS EXPECTED TO MAKE ITS WAY ACROSS THE STATE SOMETIME WEDNESDAY. THE FRONT BY THIS TIME SHOULD BE FAIRLY WEAK...SO WHILE THERE WILL BE A MARKED INCREASE IN SHOWERS...DO NOT EXPECT ANYTHING HEAVY. MAY SEE ANOTHER BOUT OF COOL NORTHERLY WINDS IN THE WAKE OF THIS FRONT TO TOP OFF THE REMAINDER OF THE WEEK. && .MARINE... SEVERAL DAYS AGO...A POWERFUL LOW WITH HURRICANE-FORCE WINDS EAST OF JAPAN PRODUCED A VERY LARGE SWELL THAT IS HEADING OUR WAY. THE WAVEWATCH III MODEL SUGGESTS THAT THIS SWELL WILL PRODUCE WARNING-LEVEL SURF ON SUNDAY. WILL CLOSELY EVALUATE THE SWELL POTENTIAL TODAY AND ISSUE THE APPROPRIATE ADVISORIES AND/OR WARNINGS WITH THE AFTERNOON FORECAST PACKAGE. && .HFO WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NONE. && TANABE
The office that day
Everything else NWS Honolulu, HI issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 4, 10:53 PM HST | High Wind Warning | HFO | Hawaii | 19 hr |
Nearby
Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.