Southwest winds of 50 to 60 mph, with gusts to 80 mph, impacted the summits of Mauna Kea and Mauna Loa on the Big Island of Hawaii. However, no serious property damage or injuries were reported.
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Southwest winds of 50 to 60 mph, with gusts to 80 mph, impacted the summits of Mauna Kea and Mauna Loa on the Big Island of Hawaii. However, no serious property damage or injuries 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 Nov 24, 4:00 PM HST, 0 minutes earlier.
HAWAIIAN ISLANDS FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HONOLULU HI 4 PM HST MON NOV 24 2003 .SYNOPSIS...A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM DEVELOPING NORTH OF THE MAIN HAWAIIAN ISLANDS WILL CAUSE SHIFTING WINDS AND POSSIBLE HEAVY SHOWERS. && .DISCUSSION...THE COMPUTER MODELS CONTINUE TO SHOW BIG CHANGES FROM ONE MODEL RUN TO THE NEXT. THE LOW NORTHEAST OF THE MAIN HAWAIIAN ISLANDS THAT PRODUCED THE HIGH SURF AND STRONG NORTH WINDS HAS WEAKENED. THAT LOW IS FORECAST TO MOVE OFF TO THE NORTHEAST AND A NEW LOW IS FORECAST TO FORM FARTHER NORTHWEST...NORTH OF THE MAIN HAWAIIAN ISLANDS...THIS EVENING. THE NEWER LOW WILL DEEPEN AND MOVE WESTWARD. TODAY A WEAK PRESSURE GRADIENT OVER THE ISLANDS HAS PRODUCED LIGHT WINDS ALLOWING LOCAL LAND AND SEA BREEZES TO DEVELOP. CLOUDS HAVE FORMED OVER INTERIOR AREAS OF THE ISLANDS THIS AFTERNOON BUT SOME CLEARING WILL OCCUR AS AFTERNOON HEATING ENDS. THE ATMOSPHERE WILL BECOME MORE UNSTABLE STARTING TONIGHT AND CONVERGENT SOUTHWEST LOW LEVEL FLOW WILL DEVELOP OVER THE ISLANDS BRINGING AN INCREASED CHANCE OF HEAVY SHOWERS...ESPECIALLY NEAR THE BIG ISLAND...TOMORROW NIGHT AND WEDNESDAY. THE HEAVY RAINFALL WILL MOVE AWAY TO THE NORTHEAST ON THANKSGIVING ALTHOUGH ISOLATED SHOWERS MAY MOVE OVER THE ISLANDS IN THE SOUTHWEST FLOW. THE 24/18Z GFS HAS BACKED OF ON PUSHING A FRONT THROUGH THE ISLANDS THANKSGIVING NIGHT. INSTEAD...IT LOOKS LIKE A SHEARLINE MAY MOVE SOUTHWARD TO NEAR KAUAI FRIDAY EVENING WITH A NORTHEAST TO SOUTHWEST TROUGH OVER THE ISLANDS. WINDS WILL REMAIN SOUTHWEST OVER MOST AREAS WITH EAST WINDS OVER KAUAI. THE TROUGH WILL MOVE WEST OF THE ISLANDS SATURDAY WITH SOUTHEAST WINDS ACROSS THE ISLANDS. THAT WOULD MEAN GENERALLY LIGHT WINDS WITH AFTERNOON SHOWERS OVER THE SLOPES. && .MARINE... NORTH NORTHEAST SWELL IS CONTINUING TO MOVE TOWARDS THE ISLANDS SO IT LOOKS LIKE THE HIGH SURF ADVISORY WILL REMAIN UP FOR EAST FACING SHORES THROUGH WEDNESDAY. WE WILL GET A BREAK IN THE SURF THURSDAY WITH A NEW NORTH SWELL ARRIVING FRIDAY. && .HFO WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... HIGH WIND WATCH FOR HALEAKALA SUMMIT ON MAUI CANCELED AT 4 PM. HIGH WIND WATCH FOR BIG ISLAND SUMMITS REPLACED WITH HIGH WIND WARNING AT 4 PM. HIGH SURF ADVISORY EAST FACING SHORES ALL ISLANDS. && DONALDSON
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
3 high wind. Local standard time, as filed.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Hawaii in 2003Every state in 2003This day in weather historyWarnings in Hawaii, November 2003
NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5327826, 5327827, 5327828.