Small Craft Advisory 4, NWS Honolulu, HI

293 
WHHW70 PHFO 220141
MWWHFO

URGENT - MARINE WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HONOLULU HI
341 PM HST THU JAN 21 2016

...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR SOME COASTAL WATERS TONIGHT...

.THE NORTHWEST SWELL IS EXPECTED TO DECLINE...BUT SEAS WILL
REMAIN ABOVE ADVISORY CRITERIA FOR MANY ZONES THROUGH THE NIGHT.

PHZ115-118-220245-
/O.CAN.PHFO.SC.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-160122T0400Z/
OAHU LEEWARD WATERS-MAUI COUNTY LEEWARD WATERS-
341 PM HST THU JAN 21 2016

...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IS CANCELLED...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HONOLULU HAS CANCELLED THE SMALL
CRAFT ADVISORY. 

SEAS HAVE FALLEN BELOW SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY LEVELS.

$$

PHZ110>114-116-117-121-122-221445-
/O.EXT.PHFO.SC.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-160122T1600Z/
KAUAI NORTHWEST WATERS-KAUAI WINDWARD WATERS-KAUAI LEEWARD WATERS-
KAUAI CHANNEL-OAHU WINDWARD WATERS-KAIWI CHANNEL-
MAUI COUNTY WINDWARD WATERS-ALENUIHAHA CHANNEL-
BIG ISLAND WINDWARD WATERS-
341 PM HST THU JAN 21 2016

...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM HST FRIDAY...

* SEAS...UP TO 11 FEET TONIGHT.

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.

&&

$$

FOSTER

569 
WHHW70 PHFO 220738
MWWHFO

URGENT - MARINE WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HONOLULU HI
938 PM HST THU JAN 21 2016


PHZ110>114-116-117-121-122-221600-
/O.CON.PHFO.SC.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-160122T1600Z/
KAUAI NORTHWEST WATERS-KAUAI WINDWARD WATERS-KAUAI LEEWARD WATERS-
KAUAI CHANNEL-OAHU WINDWARD WATERS-KAIWI CHANNEL-
MAUI COUNTY WINDWARD WATERS-ALENUIHAHA CHANNEL-
BIG ISLAND WINDWARD WATERS-
938 PM HST THU JAN 21 2016

...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM HST FRIDAY...

* SEAS...UP TO 10 FEET TONIGHT.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY INDICATES INEXPERIENCED MARINERS...
ESPECIALLY THOSE OPERATING SMALLER VESSELS...SHOULD AVOID
NAVIGATING IN THESE CONDITIONS.

&&

$$

HOUSTON

692 
WHHW70 PHFO 221335
MWWHFO

URGENT - MARINE WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HONOLULU HI
335 AM HST FRI JAN 22 2016


PHZ110>114-116-117-121-122-221445-
/O.CAN.PHFO.SC.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-160122T1600Z/
KAUAI NORTHWEST WATERS-KAUAI WINDWARD WATERS-KAUAI LEEWARD WATERS-
KAUAI CHANNEL-OAHU WINDWARD WATERS-KAIWI CHANNEL-
MAUI COUNTY WINDWARD WATERS-ALENUIHAHA CHANNEL-
BIG ISLAND WINDWARD WATERS-
335 AM HST FRI JAN 22 2016

...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IS CANCELLED...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HONOLULU HAS CANCELLED THE SMALL
CRAFT ADVISORY. 

SEAS HAVE DIMINISHED BELOW 10 FT. THEREFORE...THE SMALL CRAFT
ADVISORY HAS BEEN CANCELLED.

$$

HOUSTON

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HONOLULU HI
410 AM HST THU JAN 21 2016

.SYNOPSIS...
CLOUDS AND SHOWERS ASSOCIATED WITH A DISSIPATING FRONT WILL REMAIN
OVER THE SMALLER ISLANDS TODAY. THE TRADE WINDS WILL RETURN BRIEFLY
TODAY AND THROUGH FRIDAY WITH SHOWERS FAVORING WINDWARD AND MAUKA
AREAS. LIGHT AND VARIABLE WINDS WITH DRY CONDITIONS WILL PREVAIL
THIS WEEKEND AND INTO EARLY NEXT WEEK.

&&

.DISCUSSION...
A DECAYING FRONTAL BOUNDARY LINGERS OVER THE ALENUIHAHA CHANNEL
WATERS WITH ASSOCIATED LOW CLOUDS AND SHOWERS EXTENDING BACK TO
KAUAI COUNTY. THE FRONT...OR WHAT IS LEFT OF IT...WILL CONTINUE TO
DISSIPATE THROUGH TONIGHT. THE LINGERING CLOUD COVER WILL KEEP
GENERATING LIMITED SHOWER ACTIVITY ACROSS THE ALOHA STATE TODAY.

A HIGH PRESSURE RIDGE WILL MOVE W TO E JUST N OF THE ISLAND CHAIN
FROM LATER TODAY AND THROUGH FRI...BRINGING BACK A TRADE WIND
PATTERN. EXPECT LIMITED SHOWERS FAVORING WINDWARD AND MOUNTAIN
AREAS...WHILE MOST LEEWARD LOCATIONS SHOULD REMAIN MOSTLY CLEAR.

A WEAKENING COLD FRONT WILL PUSH THE RIDGE CLOSER TO THE ISLANDS BY
SAT AND BLOCK THE TRADES. EXPECT LIGHT AND VARIABLE WINDS SAT AND
SUN AND POSSIBLY INTO EARLY NEXT WEEK. AFTERNOON SEA BREEZES WILL
DEVELOP AND GENERATE SHOWERS OVER LEEWARD AND INTERIOR AREAS.
WINDWARD AREAS WILL EXPERIENCE WARMER THAN NORMAL TEMPERATURES UNDER
THIS REGIME AS SKIES WILL REMAIN CLEARER THAN NORMAL DURING THE PEAK
HEATING TIMES. NIGHTTIME TEMPERATURES WILL DROP BELOW NORMAL AS THE
DOWNSLOPE FLOW BRINGS COOLER AIR FROM HIGHER ELEVATIONS TO SEA LEVEL.

&&

.AVIATION...
A DISSIPATING FRONT ACROSS THE CENTRAL PORTION OF THE STATE WILL
CONTINUE TO BRING CLOUDS AND FEW SHOWERS TO THE ISLANDS TODAY.
AIRMET SIERRA REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR MTN OBSC FOR PORTIONS OF THE
ISLANDS THOUGH CONDITIONS SHOULD SLOWLY IMPROVE. VFR CONDITIONS WILL
PREVAIL FOR MOST SITES...THOUGH WINDWARD SITES WILL EXPERIENCE MVFR
CEILING CONDITION AT TIMES.

&&

.MARINE...
A LARGE NORTH-NORTHWEST SWELL WILL KEEP WARNING LEVEL SURF OVER
NORTH AND WEST FACING SHORES OF KAUAI COUNTY THROUGH TODAY...AND
ADVISORY LEVEL SURF OVER MOST OF THE OTHER ISLANDS THROUGH TONIGHT.
A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY /SCA/ IS ALSO IN EFFECT FOR WATERS EXPOSED TO
THIS SWELL.

ANOTHER VERY LARGE SWELL IS EXPECTED SUNDAY MORNING FROM THE WEST
NORTHWEST. SEAS WILL INCREASE WELL OVER 10 FEET AND BRING WARNING
LEVEL SURF.

ELSEWHERE...SMALL SOUTH SWELLS WILL CONTINUE INTO THE WEEKEND.

&&

.HFO WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
HIGH SURF ADVISORY UNTIL 6 AM HST FRIDAY FOR WAIANAE COAST-OAHU
NORTH SHORE-OAHU KOOLAU-MOLOKAI-MAUI WINDWARD WEST-MAUI CENTRAL
VALLEY-WINDWARD HALEAKALA-KONA-BIG ISLAND NORTH AND EAST-KOHALA.

HIGH SURF WARNING UNTIL 6 PM HST THIS EVENING FOR NIIHAU-KAUAI
WINDWARD-KAUAI LEEWARD.

SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY UNTIL 6 PM HST THIS EVENING FOR 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-
ALENUIHAHA CHANNEL-BIG ISLAND WINDWARD WATERS.

&&

DISCUSSION/MARINE...REYNES
HUI...AVIATION