West to southwest winds of 35 to 50 knots swept across the summits of Mauna Kea and Mauna Loa for several days in January. There were no reports of serious property damage or injuries, however.
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The episode as NWS HFO wrote it up.
West to southwest winds of 35 to 50 knots swept across the summits of Mauna Kea and Mauna Loa for several days in January. There were no reports of serious property damage or injuries, however.
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 9, 4:00 AM HST, 3 hours earlier.
HAWAIIAN ISLANDS FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HONOLULU HI 400 AM HST SUN JAN 9 2005 .SYNOPSIS... THE COLD FRONT BROUGHT SEVERE WEATHER TO KAUAI AND OAHU OVERNIGHT HAS WEAKENED SOMEWHAT THIS MORNING. EXPECT SHOWERS WITH A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS AS THE FRONT MOVES OVER THE ISLANDS OF MAUI COUNTY TODAY AND STALLS OVER THE BIG ISLAND TONIGHT AND MONDAY...AS THE SECOND FRONT MOVES ON DOWN THE ISLAND CHAIN TO JOIN IT. THE KONA LOW THAT SPAWNED THESE FRONTS WILL KEEP GENERALLY LIGHT WINDS OVER THE STATE THROUGH THE FORECAST PERIOD. && .DISCUSSION... THE FIRST COLD FRONT LIES OVER EAST MAUI THIS MORNING...AND WILL CONTINUE OVER MAUI TODAY...STALLING NEAR OR OVER THE BIG ISLAND TONIGHT. THE KONA LOW NORTH OF THE STATE WILL KEEP LIGHT...MAINLY WESTERLY WINDS...OVER THE ISLANDS THROUGH THE FORECAST PERIOD. DRYER WEATHER IS FORECAST FOR MOST OF THE COMING WEEK...WITH SOME SHOWERS FROM TIME TO TIME AS WEAK FRONTS SPIKE AROUND THE LOW TO OUR NORTH. && .HFO WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NONE. && FARRELL
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 high wind. Local standard time, as filed.
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