1 wildfire, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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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 Jun 6, 10:00 AM HST, 3 hours 30 minutes earlier.
HAWAIIAN ISLANDS FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HONOLULU HI 1000 AM HST SUN JUN 6 2004 .SYNOPSIS... A HIGH PRESSURE RIDGE NORTH OF HAWAII MEANS NORMAL SUMMERTIME TRADE WIND WEATHER. CLOUDS AND SHOWER WILL FAVOR WINDWARD AND MAUKA SECTIONS OF ALL ISLANDS...WITH A NORMAL INCREASE DURING THE LATE NIGHT THROUGH MORNING HOURS. && .DISCUSSION... SATELLITE IMAGERY THROUGH 9 AM SHOWS BASICALLY A REPEAT PERFORMANCE OF YESTERDAY WITH INCREASED MORNING CLOUD COVER AFFECTING LEEWARD SECTIONS OF ALL ISLANDS. THESE CLOUDS SHOULD BURN OFF AS THE DAY PROGRESSES. THE EXCEPTION IS OVER THE KONA SIDE OF THE BIG ISLAND...WHICH WILL SEE AN INCREASE IN CLOUDINESS DUE TO THE HEATING OF THE SLOPES. ACROSS WINDWARD AND MAUKA SECTIONS...GENERAL TREND WILL BE TOWARDS DECREASED CLOUDINESS THIS AFTERNOON...ALTHOUGH A FEW AREAS WILL REMAIN SOCKED IN. RAINFALL GAGES THROUGH 8 AM THIS MORNING SHOW OVERNIGHT TOTALS WERE SLIGHTLY HIGHER VERSUS THE SAME PERIOD 24 HOURS AGO. SEVERAL WINDWARD AND MAUKA GAGES ON KAUAI AND OAHU SURPASSED A TENTH OF AN INCH. AS USUAL...THE HILO COAST STILL COMES OUT ON TOP WITH TOTALS IN THE ONE QUARTER TO ONE HALF INCH RANGE. THROUGH THE FIRST HALF OF THE WEEK...NO REAL CHANGES IN STORE AT THE SURFACE AND ALOFT. EXPECT TYPICAL TRADEWIND WEATHER PATTERN TO CONTINUE WITH MINOR FLUCTUATIONS IN OVERALL CLOUDS AND SHOWERS DUE TO SMALL SCALE FEATURES EMBEDDED IN THE TRADES. TOWARD THE END OF THIS WEEK...MODELS ARE HAVING A HARD TIME RESOLVING THE UPPER AIR PATTERN. WHILE PREVIOUS RUNS FEATURED AN OPEN TROUGH TO THE WEST WITH RIDGING DIRECTLY OVER THE ISLANDS...CURRENT MODEL RUNS CALL FOR AN WEAK CLOSED LOW NEAR THE DATELINE...A TROUGH TO THE NORTH OF THE ISLANDS...AND NEAR ZONAL FLOW DIRECTLY OVERHEAD. IN ANY CASE...OVERALL UNCERTAINTY THAT FAR OUT MAY BE A MOOT POINT AS THESE FEATURES ARE RATHER WEAK AND FAR ENOUGH AWAY TO LIKELY HAVE LITTLE OR NO AFFECT LOCALLY. AT THE SURFACE...HIGH PRESSURE NORTH OF THE ISLANDS WILL REMAIN THE DOMINANT INFLUENCE ON ISLAND WEATHER. AS SUCH...MODERATE TRADEWINDS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH MIDWEEK...THEN LET UP SLIGHTLY TOWARD THE WEEKEND AS SURFACE PRESSURE GRADIENTS RELAX. && .MARINE... SMALL CRAFT ADVISORIES ARE NOT ANTICIPATED...BUT MODERATE TRADE WIND SPEEDS WILL PRODUCE MARGINAL SEA CONDITIONS OVER THE NEXT FEW DAYS. && .HFO WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NONE. && TANABE
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 wildfire. Local standard time, as filed.
A brush fire in a dry area of Upcountry Maui scorched 70 acres of sugar cane about 2 miles southwest of Haliimaile. The fire also damaged irrigation pipes at the site. The cause of the fire was unknown but of suspicious origin. The costs of crop and equipment damages were not available.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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