West winds were sustained at 40 to 50 mph, with gusts over 70 mph, at and near the summits of Mauna Kea and Mauna Loa on the Big Island of Hawaii. There were no reports of serious injuries or property damage.
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West winds were sustained at 40 to 50 mph, with gusts over 70 mph, at and near the summits of Mauna Kea and Mauna Loa on the Big Island of Hawaii. There were no reports of serious injuries or property damage.
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 Mar 19, 4:00 AM HST, 1 hour earlier.
HAWAIIAN ISLANDS FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HONOLULU HI 400 AM HST SAT MAR 19 2005 .SYNOPSIS... HIGH CLOUDS CONTINUE TO FLOW OVER THE ISLANDS FROM THE SOUTHWEST... HIDING LOW LEVEL CLOUDS...BUT RADAR IS SHOWING ALMOST NO SHOWER ACTIVITY ON OR NEAR THE ISLANDS. THE HIGH CLOUDS WILL BE WITH US INTO SUNDAY...WITH SOME CLEARING POSSIBLE OVER KAUAI AND OAHU DURING THE DAY ON SUNDAY. RATHER DRY WEATHER EXPECTED TO CONTINUE INTO NEXT WEEK...WITH LIGHT...OCCASIONALLY MODERATE TRADE WINDS. EXPECT LIGHT LAND BREEZES BY MORNING AND LOCAL SEA BREEZES AFTERNOONS. && .DISCUSSION... DRY WEATHER WILL PREVAIL...BUT WITH AN OCCASIONALLY THICK BLANKET OF HIGH LEVEL CIRRUS CLOUDS MOVING OVER THE ISLANDS FROM THE SOUTHWEST ALONG THE SOUTHEASTERN FLANK OF THE SUBTROPICAL JET STREAM. RAINFALL TOTALS WILL BE MINIMAL. A WEAK TROUGH ADVANCING TOWARD THE ISLAND FROM THE NORTHWEST IS FORECAST TO DEEPEN OVER THE NEXT 24 HOURS...THEN SWEEP EASTWARD OVER THE ISLANDS. THIS SHOULD CLEAR THE HIGH CLOUD OUT DURING THE DAY ON SUNDAY FOR KAUAI AND OAHU...AND BY MONDAY FOR THE OTHER ISLANDS. FEW...IF ANY...SHOWERS ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS TROUGH HOWEVER. THE DEEPENING UPPER TROUGH HAS GENERATED INCREASING SOUTHWESTERLY WINDS OVER THE SUMMITS OF MAUNA KEA AND MAUNA LOA TODAY. THE LATEST OBSERVATIONS FROM ATOP MAUNA KEA INDICATE SUSTAINED WINDS AROUND 35 TO 40 MPH...AND A WIND ADVISORY HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR THESE WINDS INTO SUNDAY EVENING. WINDS ON THE BIG ISLAND SUMMITS WILL TAPER OFF SUNDAY NIGHT AS THE UPPER TROUGH FLATTENS AND MOVES OFF TO THE EAST. AS THE UPPER TROUGH DEPARTS...HIGH PRESSURE WILL DEVELOP NORTH OF THE STATE LATE SUNDAY...USHERING IN A FEW DAYS OF LIGHT TO MODERATE TRADE WINDS AND CONTINUED DRY WEATHER. TRADES WILL TURN TO LIGHT SOUTHEASTERLIES WEDNESDAY OR WEDNESDAY NIGHT AS A FRONT APPROACHES FROM THE NORTHWEST. OUR NEXT BEST CHANCE FOR SOME RAINFALL IS ABOUT FRIDAY...AS THIS FRONT SWEEPS EASTWARD THROUGH THE MAIN HAWAIIAN ISLANDS. && .MARINE... A HIGH SURF ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR NORTH AND WEST FACING SHORES OF NIIHAU...KAUAI...AND OAHU...AS WELL AS NORTH FACING SHORES OF MOLOKAI AND MAUI. THE NORTHWEST SWELL CONTINUES HIGH AT BUOY ONE NORTHWEST OF KAUAI...THUS SURF IS EXPECTED TO REMAIN ABOVE ADVISORY LEVELS THROUGH THE DAY TODAY...WITH ANOTHER ADVISORY LEVEL SWELL ARRIVING THERE LATE TONIGHT. && .HFO WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... HIGH SURF ADVISORY FOR NORTH AND WEST FACING SHORES OF NIIHAU... KAUAI...AND OAHU...AND FOR NORTH FACING SHORES OF MOLOKAI AND MAUI THROUGH TODAY. SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS FOR WATERS AROUND KAUAI... AND WATERS WINDWARD OF OAHU AND MAUI COUNTY THROUGH SATURDAY. WIND ADVISORY FOR THE SUMMITS OF MAUNA KEA AND MAUNA LOA ON THE BIG ISLAND THROUGH SATURDAY. FARRELL
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 high wind. Local standard time, as filed.
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