Gale Warning 5, NWS Honolulu, HI

113 
WHHW70 PHFO 290107
MWWHFO

URGENT - MARINE WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HONOLULU HI
307 PM HST TUE APR 28 2015

PHZ121-291415-
/O.CON.PHFO.SC.Y.0024.000000T0000Z-150429T0400Z/
/O.CON.PHFO.GL.W.0005.150429T0400Z-150430T0400Z/
ALENUIHAHA CHANNEL-
307 PM HST TUE APR 28 2015

...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM HST THIS
EVENING...
...GALE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 PM
HST WEDNESDAY...

A GALE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 PM
HST WEDNESDAY. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL
6 PM HST THIS EVENING. 

* WINDS AND SEAS...NORTHEAST WINDS UP TO 30 KNOTS THIS AFTERNOON...
  INCREASING TO 35 KNOTS WITH HIGHER GUSTS TONIGHT. ROUGH SEAS 10
  TO 15 FEET.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A GALE WARNING MEANS WINDS OF 34 TO 47 KNOTS ARE IMMINENT OR
OCCURRING. OPERATING A VESSEL IN GALE CONDITIONS REQUIRES
EXPERIENCE AND PROPERLY EQUIPPED VESSELS. MARINERS WITHOUT THE
PROPER VESSEL AND EXPERIENCE SHOULD REMAIN IN PORT UNTIL THE GALE
CONDITIONS END.

A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY MEANS THAT WIND SPEEDS OF 25 TO 33 KNOTS
AND/OR SEAS 10 FEET OR GREATER ARE EXPECTED TO PRODUCE CONDITIONS
HAZARDOUS TO SMALL CRAFT. INEXPERIENCED MARINERS...ESPECIALLY
THOSE OPERATING SMALLER VESSELS...SHOULD AVOID NAVIGATING IN
THESE CONDITIONS.

&&

$$

PHZ110>120-122>124-291415-
/O.EXT.PHFO.SC.Y.0024.000000T0000Z-150501T0400Z/
KAUAI NORTHWEST WATERS-KAUAI WINDWARD WATERS-KAUAI LEEWARD WATERS-
KAUAI CHANNEL-OAHU WINDWARD WATERS-OAHU LEEWARD WATERS-
KAIWI CHANNEL-MAUI COUNTY WINDWARD WATERS-
MAUI COUNTY LEEWARD WATERS-MAALAEA BAY-PAILOLO CHANNEL-
BIG ISLAND WINDWARD WATERS-BIG ISLAND LEEWARD WATERS-
BIG ISLAND SOUTHEAST WATERS-
307 PM HST TUE APR 28 2015

...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM HST THURSDAY...

THE SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM HST
THURSDAY. 

* WINDS AND SEAS...EAST WINDS 25 TO 30 KNOTS WITH ROUGH SEAS 9 
  TO 13 FEET. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY MEANS THAT WIND SPEEDS OF 25 TO 33 KNOTS
AND/OR SEAS 10 FEET OR GREATER ARE EXPECTED TO PRODUCE CONDITIONS
HAZARDOUS TO SMALL CRAFT. INEXPERIENCED MARINERS...ESPECIALLY
THOSE OPERATING SMALLER VESSELS...SHOULD AVOID NAVIGATING IN
THESE CONDITIONS.

&&

$$

323 
WHHW70 PHFO 290708
MWWHFO

URGENT - MARINE WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HONOLULU HI
908 PM HST TUE APR 28 2015

PHZ121-292015-
/O.CON.PHFO.GL.W.0005.000000T0000Z-150430T0400Z/
ALENUIHAHA CHANNEL-
908 PM HST TUE APR 28 2015

...GALE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM HST WEDNESDAY...

A GALE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM HST WEDNESDAY. 

* WINDS AND SEAS...NORTHEAST WINDS UP TO 35 KNOTS WITH HIGHER
  GUSTS. ROUGH SEAS 10 TO 15 FEET.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A GALE WARNING MEANS WINDS OF 34 TO 47 KNOTS ARE IMMINENT OR
OCCURRING. OPERATING A VESSEL IN GALE CONDITIONS REQUIRES
EXPERIENCE AND PROPERLY EQUIPPED VESSELS. MARINERS WITHOUT THE
PROPER VESSEL AND EXPERIENCE SHOULD REMAIN IN PORT UNTIL THE GALE
CONDITIONS END.

A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY MEANS THAT WIND SPEEDS OF 25 TO 33 KNOTS
AND/OR SEAS 10 FEET OR GREATER ARE EXPECTED TO PRODUCE CONDITIONS
HAZARDOUS TO SMALL CRAFT. INEXPERIENCED MARINERS...ESPECIALLY
THOSE OPERATING SMALLER VESSELS...SHOULD AVOID NAVIGATING IN
THESE CONDITIONS.

&&

$$

PHZ110>120-122>124-292015-
/O.CON.PHFO.SC.Y.0024.000000T0000Z-150501T0400Z/
KAUAI NORTHWEST WATERS-KAUAI WINDWARD WATERS-KAUAI LEEWARD WATERS-
KAUAI CHANNEL-OAHU WINDWARD WATERS-OAHU LEEWARD WATERS-
KAIWI CHANNEL-MAUI COUNTY WINDWARD WATERS-
MAUI COUNTY LEEWARD WATERS-MAALAEA BAY-PAILOLO CHANNEL-
BIG ISLAND WINDWARD WATERS-BIG ISLAND LEEWARD WATERS-
BIG ISLAND SOUTHEAST WATERS-
908 PM HST TUE APR 28 2015

...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM HST
THURSDAY...

A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM HST THURSDAY.

* WINDS AND SEAS...EAST WINDS 25 TO 30 KNOTS WITH ROUGH SEAS 9 
  TO 13 FEET. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY MEANS THAT WIND SPEEDS OF 25 TO 33 KNOTS
AND/OR SEAS 10 FEET OR GREATER ARE EXPECTED TO PRODUCE CONDITIONS
HAZARDOUS TO SMALL CRAFT. INEXPERIENCED MARINERS...ESPECIALLY
THOSE OPERATING SMALLER VESSELS...SHOULD AVOID NAVIGATING IN
THESE CONDITIONS.

&&

$$

749 
WHHW70 PHFO 291353
MWWHFO

URGENT - MARINE WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HONOLULU HI
353 AM HST WED APR 29 2015

PHZ121-300300-
/O.CON.PHFO.GL.W.0005.000000T0000Z-150430T0400Z/
/O.EXB.PHFO.SC.Y.0024.150430T0400Z-150501T0400Z/
ALENUIHAHA CHANNEL-
353 AM HST WED APR 29 2015

...GALE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM HST THIS EVENING...
...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 PM
HST THURSDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HONOLULU HAS ISSUED A SMALL CRAFT
ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 PM HST
THURSDAY. A GALE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM HST THIS
EVENING. 

* WINDS AND SEAS...EAST WINDS TO 35 KNOTS WITH HIGHER
  GUSTS...DECREASING TO 20 TO 30 KNOTS THIS EVENING. ROUGH SEAS 8
  TO 13 FEET.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY MEANS THAT WIND SPEEDS OF 25 TO 33 KNOTS
AND/OR SEAS 10 FEET OR GREATER ARE EXPECTED TO PRODUCE CONDITIONS
HAZARDOUS TO SMALL CRAFT. INEXPERIENCED MARINERS...ESPECIALLY
THOSE OPERATING SMALLER VESSELS...SHOULD AVOID NAVIGATING IN
THESE CONDITIONS.

&&

$$

PHZ110>120-122>124-300300-
/O.CON.PHFO.SC.Y.0024.000000T0000Z-150501T0400Z/
KAUAI NORTHWEST WATERS-KAUAI WINDWARD WATERS-KAUAI LEEWARD WATERS-
KAUAI CHANNEL-OAHU WINDWARD WATERS-OAHU LEEWARD WATERS-
KAIWI CHANNEL-MAUI COUNTY WINDWARD WATERS-
MAUI COUNTY LEEWARD WATERS-MAALAEA BAY-PAILOLO CHANNEL-
BIG ISLAND WINDWARD WATERS-BIG ISLAND LEEWARD WATERS-
BIG ISLAND SOUTHEAST WATERS-
353 AM HST WED APR 29 2015

...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM HST
THURSDAY...

A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM HST THURSDAY.

* WINDS AND SEAS...EAST WINDS 25 TO 30 KNOTS WITH ROUGH SEAS 9 
  TO 13 FEET. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY MEANS THAT WIND SPEEDS OF 25 TO 33 KNOTS
AND/OR SEAS 10 FEET OR GREATER ARE EXPECTED TO PRODUCE CONDITIONS
HAZARDOUS TO SMALL CRAFT. INEXPERIENCED MARINERS...ESPECIALLY
THOSE OPERATING SMALLER VESSELS...SHOULD AVOID NAVIGATING IN
THESE CONDITIONS.

&&

$$

451 
WHHW70 PHFO 300134
MWWHFO

URGENT - MARINE WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HONOLULU HI
334 PM HST WED APR 29 2015

PHZ121-301445-
/O.CAN.PHFO.GL.W.0005.000000T0000Z-150430T0400Z/
/O.EXT.PHFO.SC.Y.0024.150430T0134Z-150501T0400Z/
ALENUIHAHA CHANNEL-
334 PM HST WED APR 29 2015

...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM HST THURSDAY...
...GALE WARNING IS CANCELLED...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HONOLULU HAS CANCELLED THE GALE
WARNING. THE SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM HST
THURSDAY. 

* WINDS AND SEAS...EAST WINDS 25 TO 30 KNOTS WITH HIGHER GUSTS.
  ROUGH SEAS 10 TO 15 FEET.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY MEANS THAT WIND SPEEDS OF 25 TO 33 KNOTS
AND/OR SEAS 10 FEET OR GREATER ARE EXPECTED TO PRODUCE CONDITIONS
HAZARDOUS TO SMALL CRAFT. INEXPERIENCED MARINERS...ESPECIALLY
THOSE OPERATING SMALLER VESSELS...SHOULD AVOID NAVIGATING IN
THESE CONDITIONS.

&&

$$

PHZ110>120-122>124-301445-
/O.CON.PHFO.SC.Y.0024.000000T0000Z-150501T0400Z/
KAUAI NORTHWEST WATERS-KAUAI WINDWARD WATERS-KAUAI LEEWARD WATERS-
KAUAI CHANNEL-OAHU WINDWARD WATERS-OAHU LEEWARD WATERS-
KAIWI CHANNEL-MAUI COUNTY WINDWARD WATERS-
MAUI COUNTY LEEWARD WATERS-MAALAEA BAY-PAILOLO CHANNEL-
BIG ISLAND WINDWARD WATERS-BIG ISLAND LEEWARD WATERS-
BIG ISLAND SOUTHEAST WATERS-
334 PM HST WED APR 29 2015

...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM HST
THURSDAY...

A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM HST THURSDAY.

* WINDS AND SEAS...EAST WINDS 25 TO 30 KNOTS WITH HIGHER GUSTS.
  ROUGH SEAS 9 TO 13 FEET.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY MEANS THAT WIND SPEEDS OF 25 TO 33 KNOTS
AND/OR SEAS 10 FEET OR GREATER ARE EXPECTED TO PRODUCE CONDITIONS
HAZARDOUS TO SMALL CRAFT. INEXPERIENCED MARINERS...ESPECIALLY
THOSE OPERATING SMALLER VESSELS...SHOULD AVOID NAVIGATING IN
THESE CONDITIONS.

&&

$$

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HONOLULU HI
400 AM HST TUE APR 28 2015

.SYNOPSIS...
A PASSING HIGH NORTH OF THE ISLANDS COUPLED WITH THE DISSIPATION OF
A FRONT WILL BRING GUSTY WET TRADE WINDS TO THE ISLANDS. THE TRADES
WILL EASE THURSDAY TO MODERATE LEVELS AND PERSIST INTO THE WEEKEND.
SHOWERS WILL FAVOR THE WINDWARD AND MOUNTAIN AREAS OF ALL ISLANDS
FOR THE REST OF THE WEEK WITH A SOME SHOWERS DRIFTING DOWNWIND INTO
THE LEEWARD AREAS OF THE SMALLER ISLANDS. THE LEEWARD BIG ISLAND
WILL HAVE A FEW SHOWERS EACH AFTERNOON.

&&

.DISCUSSION...
THE REMNANTS OF A FRONT THAT GAVE MAUI A SOAKING SUNDAY NIGHT AND
MONDAY...MOVED BACK WEST LAST NIGHT WITH OAHU TAKING THE BRUNT OF
THE RAINFALL. THE RAIN GAGE AT MANOA OAHU PICKED UP 2.14 INCHES IN A
SIX HOUR PERIOD ENDING AT 2 AM HST. ABOUT ANOTHER INCH HAS SINCE
FALLEN THERE. OAHU FOREST RESERVE WAS NEXT WITH 1.94 INCHES. EVEN
THE TYPICALLY DRY WAIANAE COAST PICKED UP A FEW RAIN DROPS. PLEASE
REFER TO HAWAII RAINFALL SUMMARY FOR MORE INFO.

THE SHOWERS HAVE LESSENED ACROSS MAUI COUNTY IN THE PAST
COUPLE OF HOURS...AND THIS SHOULD SPREAD OVER TO OAHU LATER THIS
MORNING. WE SHOULD BE IN A MORE TYPICAL TRADE WIND RAINFALL PATTERN
BY TONIGHT...WHERE SHOWERS INCREASE DURING THE NIGHTS AND
MORNINGS...THEN BECOMING ISOLATED BY MID OR LATE MORNING. ANOTHER
PERIOD OF WET TRADES IS ON TAP THURSDAY NIGHT AND FRIDAY WHEN A
BAND OF SHOWERS...REMNANTS OF AN OLD FRONT...MOVES IN FROM THE NORTH.
THESE SHOWERS WILL ALSO FAVOR THE WINDWARD AND MOUNTAIN AREAS.

THE DEMISE OF THE OLD FRONT WILL ALLOW THE STRONG AND GUSTY WINDS
TO SPREAD DOWN TO THE BIG ISLAND AND THE SURROUNDING WATERS TODAY.
THE STRONGEST TRADES WILL OCCUR BETWEEN TONIGHT AND WEDNESDAY NIGHT
AS THE SOURCE OF THE STRONG TRADES...A 1035 MB HIGH...PASSES NORTH
OF THE ISLANDS. WE WILL BE KEEPING A CLOSE WATCH IF CONDITIONS
WARRANT A WIND ADVISORY OVER SECTIONS OF THE STATE. AS OF NOW...THE
THE MID LEVEL RIDGE IS NOT EXPECTED TO BE STRONG TO FAVOR STRONG
DOWNSLOPE FLOW.

THE TRADES WILL DROP A NOTCH THURSDAY AS THE HIGH PULLS OFF TO THE
NORTHEAST. MODERATE TO LOCALLY TRADES WITH WINDWARD SHOWERS ARE ON
TAP FOR THE WEEKEND.

&&

.AVIATION...

STRONG HIGH PRESSURE N OF THE ISLANDS WILL KEEP STRONG NE TRADE
WINDS GOING THROUGH TONIGHT. REMNANT MOISTURE FROM A DISSIPATED
FRONT WILL KEEP ENHANCED CLOUDS AND SHOWERS AFFECTING MAINLY N
THRU E SECTIONS OF THE CENTRAL AND NORTHERN ISLANDS THROUGH MID
MORNING. OCCASIONALLY MVFR CIGS AND SHRA WILL AFFECT PHLI AND
PHMK...WITH IMPROVING CONDITIONS EXPECTED BY MID MORNING. COULD
ALSO SEE SOME MVFR CIGS DEVELOP AT PHNY THIS AFTERNOON.
ELSEWHERE...VFR CONDITIONS SHOULD PREVAIL.

AIRMET SIERRA IS IN EFFECT FOR MOUNTAIN OBSCURATION FROM KAUAI
THROUGH MAUI...WITH CONDITIONS LIKELY TO CONTINUE THROUGH MID
MORNING.

AIRMET TANGO REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR LOW LEVEL TURB OVER AND TO THE S
THRU W OF THE MOUNTAINS FROM KAUAI THRU MAUI...AND THESE CONDITIONS
WILL LIKELY CONTINUE THROUGH TONIGHT.

&&

.MARINE...
THE BUOY IN HILO BAY HAD A SIGNIFICANT RISE OVERNIGHT DUE MOSTLY TO
THE NORTH SWELL WITH A READING OF NEAR 8 FEET 12 SECONDS. THIS WAS
GOOD ENOUGH TO WARRANT A HIGH SURF ADVISORY FOR THE NORTH FACING
SIDE OF THE BIG ISLAND. THE ADVISORY REMAINS THROUGH 6 PM HST THIS
AFTERNOON. OTHER WINDWARD BUOYS ARE SHOWING WAVE HEIGHTS OF BETWEEN
9 AND 13 FEET THIS HOUR. THIS NORTH SWELL WILL TURN MORE
NORTHEASTERLY LATER TODAY...SO THE ADVISORY FOR NORTH FACING SHORES
OF THE SMALLER ISLANDS WILL BE LOWERED LATE THIS AFTERNOON...AND THE
ADVISORY FOR THE EAST FACING SHORES OF THE SMALLER ISLANDS WILL
CONTINUE THROUGH EARLY THURSDAY MORNING.

THIS NORTH SWELL MAY ALSO CAUSE SOME ELEVATED WAVE ACTION IN BOTH
KAHULUI AND HILO BAY TODAY.

ALSO...A GALE WATCH HAS BEEN POSTED FOR THE ALENUIHAHA CHANNEL
STARTING AT 6 PM HST TONIGHT...LASTING TO 6 AM HST THURSDAY WHERE
THE STRONGEST POINT OF THE HIGH STARTS TO PASS NORTH OF THE ISLANDS.
THE DAY CREW WILL DETERMINE WHETHER TO GO TO A GALE WARNING OR NOT
LATER TODAY.

OTHERWISE...A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY /SCA/ COVER ALL HAWAIIAN WATERS.
THE SCA IS IN EFFECT TO UNTIL 6 AM HST THURSDAY. WE WILL START
SCALING BACK THE SCA AS THE TRADES STARTS DIMINISHING.

&&

.HFO WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
HIGH SURF ADVISORY UNTIL 6 PM HST TODAY FOR NORTH FACING SHORES OF
NIIHAU KAUAI OAHU MOLOKAI MAUI AND THE BIG ISLAND.

HIGH SURF ADVISORY UNTIL 6 AM HST THURSDAY FOR EAST FACING SHORES OF
KAUAI OAHU MOLOKAI AND MAUI.

GALE WATCH FOR THE ALENUIHAHA CHANNEL FROM 6 PM HST THIS EVENING TO
6 AM HST THURSDAY.

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

&&

PUBLIC/MARINE...LAU
AVIATION...JELSEMA