Sustained west winds of 45 to 50 mph swept over the summits of Mauna Kea and Mauna Loa on the Big Island of Hawaii. There were no reports of serious property damage or injuries.
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Sustained west winds of 45 to 50 mph swept over the summits of Mauna Kea and Mauna Loa on the Big Island of Hawaii. There were no reports of serious property damage or injuries.
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 28, 8:30 PM HST, 2 hours earlier.
HAWAIIAN ISLANDS FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HONOLULU HI 830 PM HST FRI JAN 28 2005 .SYNOPSIS... A SHEARLINE...THE TRAILING END OF A FRONTAL BAND...WILL MOVE OVER KAUAI LATE TONIGHT AND STALL...BRINGING CLOUDS AND SHOWERS TO KAUAI AND OAHU TOMORROW. FAIR WEATHER WILL RETURN SUNDAY AS THE SHEARLINE WEAKENS AND MOVES NORTH. A STRONG FRONT WILL REACH KAUAI TUESDAY MORNING AND PUSH DOWN TO THE BIG ISLAND BY WEDNESDAY MORNING. THIS FRONT WILL PRODUCE WIDESPREAD SHOWERS WITH A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS. COOL...DRY...NORTH WINDS WILL FOLLOW BEHIND THE FRONT. && .DISCUSSION... SURFACE OBSERVATIONS...SATELLITE LOOPS AND RADAR IMAGERY SHOW RATHER QUIET WEATHER ACROSS THE MAIN HAWAIIAN ISLANDS EXCEPT FOR A WEAKENING LINE OF SHOWERS ALONG THE SOUTHEAST COAST OF THE BIG ISLAND. THESE SHOWERS FORMED ALONG A LINE OF CONVERGENCE WHERE LOW LEVEL SOUTHEASTERLIES MEET THE DEVELOPING LAND BREEZE FROM THE BIG ISLAND. SATELLITE IMAGERY SHOWS THE SOUTHEAST EDGE OF A FRONTAL CLOUD BAND 150 MILES WEST NORTHWEST OF KAUAI. THE BAND HAS BEEN MOVING TOWARDS THE EAST SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH. THIS MOVEMENT MAY SLOW A BIT...BUT THE BAND IS STILL LIKELY TO REACH KAUAI BY DAYBREAK. THE COMPUTER MODELS HAVE BEEN CONSISTENT IN STALLING THE BAND OVER KAUAI. THE CLOUDS ALONG THE SHEARLINE MAY NOT MOVE EAST OF THE KAUAI CHANNEL. A CLOUD AREA SOUTH OF THE ISLANDS WILL LIKELY MOVE NORTHWARD AHEAD OF THE SHEARLINE AND BRING SOME SHOWERS TO OAHU...AND SOME SHOWERS MAY CONTINUE OVER THE SOUTHEAST SIDE OF THE BIG ISLAND...BUT MAUI COUNTY IS LIKELY TO REMAIN MOSTLY DRY. TRADE WINDS WILL RETURN SATURDAY NIGHT BUT WILL NOT LAST LONG. THE CLOUD BAND OVER KAUAI WILL WEAKEN AND MOVE NORTH OF THE ISLANDS BY SUNDAY MORNING AS WINDS OVER THE ISLANDS SHIFTS TO SOUTHEAST. THE LOW LEVEL FLOW WILL BE VEERING AS A DEEP TROUGH ALOFT AND AN ASSOCIATED COLD FRONT MOVE TOWARDS THE ISLANDS FROM THE NORTHWEST. THE PAST FEW RUNS OF THE GFS75 HAVE BEEN PRETTY CONSISTENT IN HANDLING THE FRONT. THE FRONT WILL REACH KAUAI TUESDAY MORNING AND PUSH DOWN PAST THE BIG ISLAND BY WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. GOOD DYNAMICS AND COLD TEMPERATURES ALOFT MAKE IT LOOK AS IF THE FRONT WILL BE QUITE ACTIVE. IF THE GFS FORECAST HOLDS UP...THE FRONT IS LIKELY TO PRODUCE WIDESPREAD SHOWERS. THERE MAY BE HEAVY SHOWERS OR THUNDERSTORMS WITH THIS FRONT AND THERE IS A CHANCE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH STRONG WINDS OR HAIL. IF THE GFS MODEL PROVES CORRECT...COOL...DRY NORTHERLY FLOW WILL FOLLOW THE FRONT LATE NEXT WEEK...BUT THAT IS TOO FAR OUT IN TIME TO PLACE TOO MUCH FAITH IN. && .MARINE... A NORTHWEST SWELL HIT BUOY 51001 THIS AFTERNOON AND IS NOW HITTING THE ISLANDS. SURF IS FORECAST TO REMAIN ABOVE ADVISORY LEVELS THROUGH MONDAY. PLEASE SEE HIGH SURF MESSAGES AND OAHU SURF FORECASTS FOR FURTHER DETAILS. && .HFO WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... HIGH SURF ADVISORY FOR NORTH AND WEST FACING SHORES OF NIIHAU... KAUAI...OAHU AND MOLOKAI. HIGH SURF ADVISORY FOR NORTH FACING SHORES OF MAUI. HIGH SURF ADVISORY FOR WEST FACING SHORES OF THE BIG ISLAND. && DONALDSON
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 high wind. Local standard time, as filed.
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