Red Flag Warning 2, NWS Honolulu, HI

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WWHW80 PHFO 050255
RFWHFO

URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HONOLULU HI
455 PM HST FRI SEP 4 2009

...RED FLAG WARNING CANCELLED...

.OVERVIEW...GUSTY WINDS ARE EASING...AND RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES
ARE REBOUNDING ABOVE CRITICAL LEVELS AS TEMPERATURES DROP LATE
THIS AFTERNOON. ALTHOUGH LEEWARD AREAS WILL BE HOT AND RATHER DRY
TOMORROW...TRADE WINDS WILL BE ON THE DECLINE...AND CRITICAL FIRE
WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE NOT EXPECTED ON SATURDAY.

HIZ001-003-005>007-009>011-013>016-018-019-021-023-024-026-050400-
/O.CAN.PHFO.FW.W.0002.000000T0000Z-090905T0300Z/
NIIHAU-KAUAI LEEWARD-OAHU SOUTH SHORE-WAIANAE COAST-
OAHU NORTH SHORE-OLOMANA-CENTRAL OAHU-WAIANAE MOUNTAINS-
MOLOKAI LEEWARD-LANAI MAKAI-LANAI MAUKA-KAHOOLAWE-
MAUI LEEWARD WEST-MAUI CENTRAL VALLEY-LEEWARD HALEAKALA-KONA-
SOUTH BIG ISLAND-KOHALA-
455 PM HST FRI SEP 4 2009

...RED FLAG WARNING IS CANCELLED...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HONOLULU HAS CANCELLED THE RED
FLAG WARNING. 


$$

WROE

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HONOLULU HI
830 PM HST THU SEP 3 2009

.SYNOPSIS...
HIGH PRESSURE TO THE NORTH WILL MAINTAIN BREEZY TRADE WINDS THROUGH
FRIDAY NIGHT. THE WINDS WILL WEAKEN STARTING SATURDAY AS THE HIGH
MOVES AWAY TO THE EAST. A LOW ALOFT NORTHEAST OF MAUI WILL KEEP THE
WEATHER SOMEWHAT SHOWERY THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT. THE WEATHER WILL TURN
DRIER ON SATURDAY AS RIDGING ALOFT PUSHES IN FROM THE EAST AND MAKES
THE ATMOSPHERE MORE STABLE.

&&

.DISCUSSION...
A SURFACE HIGH 835 MILES NORTH OF KAUAI IS PRODUCING BREEZY TRADE
WINDS OVER THE ISLANDS. SATELLITE IMAGERY SHOWS ONLY SCATTERED LOW
CLOUDS UPSTREAM OF THE ISLANDS BUT A LOW ALOFT 150 MILES EAST
NORTHEAST OF MAUI IS MAKING THE ATMOSPHERE OVER THE ISLANDS A BIT
UNSTABLE. THIS INSTABILITY MEANS THAT THE CLOUDS HITTING THE ISLANDS
ARE PRODUCING SCATTERED SHOWERS.

THERE WILL BE LITTLE CHANGE THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT AS THE SURFACE HIGH
TO THE NORTH WILL MAINTAIN BREEZY TRADE WINDS AND THE LOW ALOFT WILL
KEEP THE ATMOSPHERE SOMEWHAT UNSTABLE. ON SATURDAY...THE SURFACE
HIGH WILL START MOVING OFF TO THE EAST AND THE WINDS WILL WEAKEN.
THE LOW ALOFT WILL SHIFT NORTH AS RIDGING ALOFT PUSHES IN FROM THE
EAST. THE ATMOSPHERE WILL BECOME MORE STABLE AND SHOWERS WILL
DECREASE.

MODERATE TRADE WINDS WILL PERSIST THROUGH EARLY NEXT WEEK. THE
TRADES MAY BECOME GENTLE BY MID-WEEK AS A FRONT MOVES TOWARD THE
ISLANDS FROM THE NORTHWEST AND THE SUBTROPICAL RIDGE WEAKENS AND
MOVES CLOSER TO THE ISLANDS. SOME TROPICAL MOISTURE MAY MOVE OVER
THE ISLANDS AROUND THE MIDDLE OF NEXT WEEK AND MAY BRING SOME
HUMID...SHOWERY WEATHER.

&&

.FIRE WEATHER...
BREEZY AND GUSTY WINDS WILL PERSIST...WITH DRY CONDITIONS FORECAST
FOR LEEWARD AREAS ON FRIDAY. THUS...A FIRE WEATHER WATCH HAS BEEN
ISSUED FOR FRIDAY DUE TO EXPECTED HIGH FIRE DANGER.

&&

.MARINE...
CONTINUED PRESSURE RISES SUGGEST THAT TRADE WINDS WILL REMAIN QUITE
STRONG. WE HAVE EXPANDED THE SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY TO COVER ALL OF
THE COASTAL WATERS THROUGH EARLY SATURDAY MORNING. THE STRONG TRADES
WILL GENERATE ROUGH SURF ALONG EAST FACING SHORES.

&&

.HFO WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
FIRE WEATHER WATCH FROM 1000 AM FRIDAY THROUGH 600 PM FRIDAY.

SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY UNTIL 6 AM HST SATURDAY FOR ALL HAWAIIAN WATERS.

&&

DONALDSON