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Ashfall Advisory 8, NWS Honolulu, HI
NWS Honolulu, HI issued this ashfall advisory at Jun 1, 2026, 5:31 AM HST for Hawaii County, Hawaii. It was in force for 12 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 1, 2026, 5:31 AM HST (15:31 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 1, 2026, 5:02 PM HST
- In force
- 12 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Honolulu, HI
County Hawaii County, HI
The radar
The South Shore radar (PHWA), 57 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 15:30 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Hilo, (PITO), launched 12:00Z, 3.5 hours before the alert went out and 56 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
- 68 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -36 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 465 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 5 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 12 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 112 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
886 WWHW70 PHFO 011531 NPWHFO URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Honolulu HI 531 AM HST Mon Jun 1 2026 HIZ052-053-012200- /O.NEW.PHFO.AF.Y.0008.260601T1531Z-260601T2200Z/ Big Island Southeast-Big Island East- 531 AM HST Mon Jun 1 2026 ...ASHFALL ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON HST TODAY... * WHAT...Kilauea is erupting lava fountains within the summit caldera. Fountaining episodes typically last less than 12 hours but ash can remain in the air longer depending on wind and weather conditions. * WHERE...Hawaii Volcanoes National Park and areas to the north and northeast, including the communities of Volcano and Mountain View. * WHEN...Until noon HST today. * IMPACTS...The public will be affected by a limited hazard extent. Varying levels of tephra, including ash, Pele’s hair and other lightweight pumice may fall downwind of the eruption. These small particles are eye and respiratory irritants, but will have low level impacts for most people. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Limit exposure to tephra, especially if you have respiratory sensitivities. Wear a mask, gloves, eye protection, and long clothing when clearing ashfall. Close windows and doors. Cover and disconnect water catchment systems to protect your water supply. && Submit your reports and photos of ashfall from volcanic eruptions to the USGS Hawaiian Volcano Observatory at: Hawaiiash.science/report_form $$ Walsh
4 follow-up statements
535 WWHW70 PHFO 011834 NPWHFO URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Honolulu HI 834 AM HST Mon Jun 1 2026 HIZ052-053-012200- /O.CON.PHFO.AF.Y.0008.000000T0000Z-260601T2200Z/ Big Island Southeast-Big Island East- 834 AM HST Mon Jun 1 2026 ...ASHFALL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON HST TODAY... * WHAT...Kilauea is erupting lava fountains within the summit caldera. Fountaining episodes typically last less than 12 hours but ash can remain in the air longer depending on wind and weather conditions. Winds will generally variable through 22,000 ft in elevation today, causing tephra fallout to vary in location, ranging from north of Kilauea through the southwest. * WHERE...Hawaii Volcanoes National Park and areas to the north through southwest. * WHEN...Until noon HST today. * IMPACTS...The public will be affected by a limited hazard extent. Varying levels of tephra, including ash, Pele’s hair and other lightweight pumice may fall downwind of the eruption. These small particles are eye and respiratory irritants, but will have low level impacts for most people. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Limit exposure to tephra, especially if you have respiratory sensitivities. Wear a mask, gloves, eye protection, and long clothing when clearing ashfall. Close windows and doors. Cover and disconnect water catchment systems to protect your water supply. && Submit your reports and photos of ashfall from volcanic eruptions to the USGS Hawaiian Volcano Observatory at: Hawaiiash.science/report_form $$ KINO
831 WWHW70 PHFO 012129 NPWHFO URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Honolulu HI 1129 AM HST Mon Jun 1 2026 HIZ052-053-020400- /O.EXT.PHFO.AF.Y.0008.000000T0000Z-260602T0400Z/ Big Island Southeast-Big Island East- 1129 AM HST Mon Jun 1 2026 ...ASHFALL ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM HST THIS EVENING... * WHAT...Kilauea is erupting lava fountains within the summit caldera. Fountaining episodes typically last less than 12 hours but ash can remain in the air longer depending on wind and weather conditions. Winds will generally be variable through 20,000 ft in elevation today, causing tephra fallout to vary in location. Tephra fall has lightened, but please remember fine ash and Pele's hair may continue for hours after the eruption stops. * WHERE...Big Island East and Big Island Southeast. * WHEN...Until 6 PM HST this evening. * IMPACTS...The public will be affected by a limited hazard extent. Varying levels of tephra, including ash, Pele’s hair and other lightweight pumice may fall downwind of the eruption. These small particles are eye and respiratory irritants, but will have low level impacts for most people. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Limit exposure to tephra, especially if you have respiratory sensitivities. Wear a mask, gloves, eye protection, and long clothing when clearing ashfall. Close windows and doors. Cover and disconnect water catchment systems to protect your water supply. && Submit your reports and photos of ashfall from volcanic eruptions to the USGS Hawaiian Volcano Observatory at: Hawaiiash.science/report_form $$ KINO
733 WWHW70 PHFO 012358 NPWHFO URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Honolulu HI 158 PM HST Mon Jun 1 2026 HIZ052-053-020400- /O.CON.PHFO.AF.Y.0008.000000T0000Z-260602T0400Z/ Big Island Southeast-Big Island East- 158 PM HST Mon Jun 1 2026 ...ASHFALL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM HST THIS EVENING... * WHAT...Kilauea eruption has ended, but please remember fine ash and Pele's hair may continue for hours after the eruption stops. Winds will continue to remain variable through 20,000 ft in elevation, causing tephra fallout to vary in location. * WHERE...Big Island East and Big Island Southeast. * WHEN...Until 6 PM HST this evening. * IMPACTS...The public will be affected by a limited hazard extent. Varying levels of tephra, including ash, Pele’s hair and other lightweight pumice may fall downwind of the eruption. These small particles are eye and respiratory irritants, but will have low level impacts for most people. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Limit exposure to tephra, especially if you have respiratory sensitivities. Wear a mask, gloves, eye protection, and long clothing when clearing ashfall. Close windows and doors. Cover and disconnect water catchment systems to protect your water supply. && Submit your reports and photos of ashfall from volcanic eruptions to the USGS Hawaiian Volcano Observatory at: Hawaiiash.science/report_form $$ KINO
116 WWHW70 PHFO 020302 NPWHFO URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Honolulu HI 502 PM HST Mon Jun 1 2026 HIZ052-053-020415- /O.CAN.PHFO.AF.Y.0008.000000T0000Z-260602T0400Z/ Big Island Southeast-Big Island East- 502 PM HST Mon Jun 1 2026 ...ASHFALL ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... The threat has ended. Submit your reports and photos of ashfall from volcanic eruptions to the USGS Hawaiian Volcano Observatory at: Hawaiiash.science/report_form $$ KINO
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this ashfall 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 ashfall advisory went out at Jun 1, 3:08 AM HST, 2 hours 23 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 1, 3:08 AM HST, 2 hours 23 minutes before
Area Forecast Discussion National Weather Service Honolulu HI 308 AM HST Mon Jun 1 2026 .SYNOPSIS... Moderate trades weaken giving way to land and sea breezes through early this week. Increasing moisture will move up the island chain from the southeast through the early portion of the week resulting in increased shower coverage over island interiors. Trades return late Wednesday and continue through the forecast period. && .DISCUSSION... Latest satellite and radar imagery show a short-wave thats near overhead or just to the northeast of the island chain and sagging southward. Low clouds are moving across the islands within the trade wind flow. Radar imagery shows scattered showers ongoing across the islands, mostly impacting windward and mauka locations with some limited spillover to leeward areas. Some heavier showers are impacting windward Big Island causing some minor flooding or ponding on roadways and low-lying flood prone areas. As the aforementioned shortwave continues advancing through the area, increasing showers will be most pronounced over the eastern end of the state today then expand up the island chain by Tuesday. Trades back northeast and strengthen to moderate levels during the early portion of the week, focusing showers windward and mauka. Breezy trades then establish during the second half of the week as the subtropical ridge strengthens north of the area. && .AVIATION... An upstream trough will continue to bring periods of MVFR low clouds and showers to windward mountain areas of most islands through the early morning hours. Pulses of wet weather continue across the Hawaii region for the next few days. AIRMET Sierra remains in effect for mountain obscuration above 2000 feet for most windward island mountains through the early morning hours. && .MARINE... Light to moderate trade winds will persist today, then gradually strengthen into the fresh to locally strong category Tuesday through the latter half of the week as the subtropical ridge builds north of the state. Small Craft Advisory conditions will likely develop in the typically windier channels and waters around Maui County and the Big Island beginning Tuesday. Surf along exposed south-facing shores will remain elevated this week as a series of overlapping south to south-southwest swells move through the region. The current south swell, which peaked over the weekend, is slowly easing, with the peak energy down into the 14-15 second band. Long-period forerunners from the new south-southwest swell will steadily fill in today, leading to a building trend by tonight. Surf is expected to return to advisory levels tonight through Tuesday and likely rise above the advisory threshold by midweek as the swell peaks. While some of the peak energy may have missed the PacIOOS American Samoa buoy to the east over the weekend, observations suggest surf heights should peak locally near, or possibly just below, the High Surf Warning threshold of 15-foot faces along south-facing shores around Wednesday. A gradual downward trend is then expected through the latter half of the week. Surf along north-facing shores will increase Tuesday and remain up through Friday as a pair of overlapping northerly swells arrive from a broad gale far north of the state near the Aleutian Islands. Seasonal surf conditions should return by the weekend. Surf along east-facing shores will gradually build by midweek as strengthening trade winds generate increasing short-period wind waves. Surf should return to near seasonal levels by the end of the week. && .HFO WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... None. && DISCUSSION...Walsh AVIATION...Bohlin MARINE...Gibbs
The office that day
Everything else NWS Honolulu, HI issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 1, 12:29 AM HST | Areal Flood Advisory | HFO | Hawaii | 3 hr |
| Jun 1, 3:38 AM HST | Areal Flood Advisory | HFO | Hawaii | 3 hr |
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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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.