West winds aloft, ahead of a cold front, gusted to as high as 70 knots near the summits of Mauna Kea and Mauna Loa on the Big Island of Hawaii. No serious injuries or property damage were reported.
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The episode as NWS HFO wrote it up.
West winds aloft, ahead of a cold front, gusted to as high as 70 knots near the summits of Mauna Kea and Mauna Loa on the Big Island of Hawaii. No serious injuries or property damage were reported.
The local office's own words before the first event, 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 the first event at Feb 6, 4:00 PM HST, 2 hours earlier.
HAWAIIAN ISLANDS SYNOPTIC DISCUSSION AND GUIDANCE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HONOLULU HI 4 PM HST THU FEB 6 2003 SUMMARY...CLOUDS AND SHOWERS ALONG A COLD FRONT WILL MOVE FROM MAUI COUNTY TO THE BIG ISLAND TONIGHT...THEN SOUTHEAST OF THE STATE ON FRIDAY. CLEAR SKIES AND NORTH TO NORTHEAST WINDS WILL FOLLOW BEHIND THE FRONT. DISCUSSION...THE COLD FRONT CAUGHT UP WITH A PREFRONTAL SHOWERS LINE OVER MOLOKAI...AND THE COMBINED FEATURE IS MOVING TOWARDS THE BIG ISLAND AT ABOUT 15 MPH. MODELS SAY THAT THE FRONT WILL CONTINUE ON PAST THE BIG ISLAND FRIDAY BUT THAT CLOUDS AND SHOWERS MAY LINGER ALONG THE HAMAKUA COAST. NEXRAD SHOWS THAT MODERATE ISOLATED HEAVY SHOWERS ARE ALONG THE LEADING EDGE OF THE FRONT. THE RADAR RETURNS AHEAD OF THE FRONT ARE CHAFF. THE FINE APPEARANCE OF THE CLOUDS BEHIND THE COLD FRONT...AS SEEN ON SATELLITE IMAGERY...INDICATE THAT DRY WEATHER IS IN STORE FOR THE ISLANDS. A SURFACE HIGH NEAR THE DATELINE WILL MOVE NORTH OF HAWAII FRIDAY NIGHT THEN WEAKEN INTO A RIDGE THROUGH THE WEEKEND. THE HIGHER PRESSURE TO THE NORTH WILL GIVE US DRY TRADES UNTIL A SHEARLINE WITH BRISK NORTHEAST WINDS ARRIVES NEXT THURSDAY. CRAIG. .HFO...WATCHES......NONE . WARNINGS.....HIGH SURF NORTHWEST SHORES . ADVISORIES...NONE
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
3 high wind. Local standard time, as filed.
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