Sustained west to southwest winds in excess of 45 mph impacted the summit of Haleakala in East Maui. No serious property damage or injuries were reported.
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Sustained west to southwest winds in excess of 45 mph impacted the summit of Haleakala in East Maui. 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 Jan 10, 8:30 PM HST, 1 hour 30 minutes earlier.
HAWAIIAN ISLANDS FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HONOLULU HI 830 PM HST MON JAN 10 2005 .SYNOPSIS... CLOUDS AND SHOWERS ASSOCIATED WITH AN OLD COLD FRONT SHOULD CLEAR THE BIG ISLAND TUESDAY. EXPECT A WEEK OF MOSTLY DRY WEATHER AND LIGHT WINDS...PUNCTUATED BY BRIEF INCREASES IN SHOWERS EVERY FEW DAYS AS FRONTS PASS CLOSE BY TO OUR NORTH. && .DISCUSSION... THE COLD FRONT HAS SLOWED TO A CRAWL OVER THE BIG ISLAND...AND APPEARS TO BE OVER KAU AND PUNA AT THIS WRITING. IT WILL PROBABLY SLIP OFFSHORE OVER THE NEXT 12 HOURS OR SO...BUT IN THE MEANTIME WILL FOCUS SHOWERS OVER SOUTH HAWAII. A SHORT WAVE TROUGH SWINGING AROUND THE BASE OR SOUTHERN PORTION OF AN UPPER TROUGH TO OUR NORTH WILL ENHANCE THE SHOWERS MOVING NORTHEASTWARD ALONG THE FRONT. THE SHORT WAVE TROUGH WILL ALSO ENHANCE SHOWERS OVER AND AROUND KAUAI. WINDS OVER THE BIG ISLAND VOLCANOES ARE STILL IN THE 40 TO 60 MPH RANGE WITH HIGHER GUSTS. THE STRONG WEST WINDS ARE SOUTH OF THE UPPER TROUGH MENTIONED ABOVE. THE TROUGH WILL REMAIN NORTH OF THE ISLANDS...AND WARNING LEVEL WINDS WILL LIKELY REMAIN OVER THE SUMMITS INTO TUESDAY. THE SUBTROPICAL RIDGE WILL STAY NEAR OR SOUTH OF HAWAII THIS WEEK. WESTERLY WINDS ALOFT OVER AND NORTH OF THE STATE WILL STEER A SERIES OF COLD FRONTS ACROSS THE NORTH PACIFIC. ACCORDING TO THE MODELS... THE FRONTS AND THEIR CONVECTION WILL COME CLOSEST TO THE ISLANDS TUESDAY...LATE THURSDAY AND FINALLY LATE NEXT MONDAY. AT THIS TIME...IT APPEARS THAT THE FRONTS WILL BRUSH KAUAI AND POSSIBLY OAHU. ISLAND WEATHER WILL BE LIMITED TO LIGHT WINDS PUNCTUATED BY BRIEF MODERATE WESTERLIES...ALONG WITH PERIODS OF SHOWERS FOR WESTERN ISLANDS. OVERALL...TOTAL RAINFALL SHOULD BE LIGHT THIS WEEK. && .HFO WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... HIGH WIND WARNING FOR MAUNA KEA AND MAUNA LOA SUMMITS. && CRAIG
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HONOLULU HI
435 PM HST MON JAN 10 2005
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0900 PM HEAVY RAIN PRINCEVILLE 22.22N 159.49W
01/08/2005 0.00 INCH KAUAI HI PUBLIC
VERY HEAVY BLOWING HORIZONTAL RAIN FOR 10-15 MINUTES.
1130 PM HIGH SUST WINDS WAIALUA 21.58N 158.13W
01/08/2005 60 MPH HONOLULU HI PUBLIC
STRONG WINDS 50-60 MPH EST. PALM FRONDS FLYING, HEDGE
BENT OVER.
1145 PM LIGHTNING 2 S KAILUA 21.38N 157.74W
01/08/2005 HONOLULU HI TRAINED SPOTTER
NO WIND FREQUENT LIGHTNING TOWARDS THE NORTH.
1157 PM TSTM WND GST 2 NNE HALAWA 21.41N 157.91W
01/08/2005 54 MPH HONOLULU HI AWOS
KAWAILOA TRAINING AREA. RAWS 54 MPH PEAK WIND.
1205 AM TSTM WND GST WHEELER AFB 21.48N 158.04W
01/09/2005 55 MPH HONOLULU HI AWOS
RAWS 55 MPH WIND GUST
1232 AM TSTM WND GST 1 NNW KAILUA 21.42N 157.74W
01/09/2005 0 MPH HONOLULU HI NWS EMPLOYEE
FORECASTER REPORTS WIND DAMAGE TO FENCE AND ELSEWHERE.
0104 AM TSTM WND GST SCHOFIELD BARRACKS 21.50N 158.07W
01/09/2005 63 MPH HONOLULU HI AWOS
RAWS REPORTS 63 MPH WIND GUST.
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MFThe national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 high wind. Local standard time, as filed.
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