1 high wind, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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NWS Honolulu, HI wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at May 1, 4:00 PM HST, 3 hours 43 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HONOLULU HI 400 PM HST MON MAY 1 2006 .SYNOPSIS... COOL NORTHERLY WINDS WILL BECOME TRADE WINDS BY WEDNESDAY...BUT WILL REMAIN RATHER LIGHT. THE TRADES WILL STRENGTHEN ON THURSDAY... BECOMING QUITE BREEZY BY SATURDAY. WEATHER WILL BE DRIER THAN NORMAL FOR MOST OF THE WEEK...BUT A FEW SHOWERS WILL MOVE OVER NORTHERN SECTIONS OF KAUAI AND OAHU OVERNIGHT TONIGHT. IN ADDITION...SOME INTERIOR CLOUDS AND LIGHT SHOWERS ARE POSSIBLE IN THE AFTERNOON ON TUESDAY. THERE IS POTENTIAL FOR MORE SIGNIFICANT CLOUD AND SHOWER COVERAGE TOWARDS THE END OF THE WEEK. && .DISCUSSION... CURRENTLY...DRY AND COOL NORTHERLY WINDS ARE OVER ALL OF THE MAIN HAWAIIAN ISLANDS...EXCEPT FOR THE BIG ISLAND...WHERE LIGHT AND VARIABLE WINDS PREVAIL. LOW LEVEL CONVERGENCE NEAR AND EAST OF THE BIG ISLAND IS SUPPORTING AN EXTENSIVE BAND OF BROKEN TO OVERCAST LAYERED CLOUDINESS THAT EXTENDS UP TO 600 MILES NORTHEAST OF THE ISLAND. FEW TO SCATTERED LOW CLOUDS ARE MOVING SOUTHWARD OVER THE ISLANDS OF KAUAI AND OAHU AND MOSTLY HANGING UP OVER NORTH FACING SLOPES. CONVECTIVE CLOUDS THAT DEVELOPED OVER MAUI AND THE BIG ISLAND THIS AFTERNOON ARE BEING ENHANCED AND PULLED NORTHEASTWARD BY A VIGOROUS UPPER LOW THAT IS CENTERED ABOUT 450 MILES NORTHEAST OF OAHU. TWO WEAK SURFACE LOWS ARE ANALYZED WITHIN 400 NM NORTH TO NORTHEAST OF THE ISLANDS...ONE HAVING FORMED THIS WEEKEND UNDER THE UPPER LOW...AND ONE CURRENTLY BEING INDUCED BY THE UPPER LOW/S CIRCULATION. THE WEAK SURFACE LOW/S/ TO OUR NORTH WILL MOVE GENERALLY SOUTH AND BECOME A BROAD TROUGH TO OUR NORTH OVER THE NEXT 24 TO 36 HOURS. THIS WILL MAINTAIN A LIGHT NORTH TO NORTHWEST SYNOPTIC WIND FLOW OVER MOST AREAS INTO TUESDAY NIGHT...WITH ISLAND SCALE WINDS DOMINATING THE SIGNAL IN AREAS SHELTERED FROM THE SYNOPTIC FLOW. TUESDAY NIGHT AND WEDNESDAY THE TROUGH WILL DISSIPATE...ALLOWING A LIGHT NORTHEAST TRADE WIND TO RETURN AS HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS NORTH OF THE ISLANDS. STILL EXPECT SOME LAND AND SEA BREEZES THROUGH WEDNESDAY IN AREAS LEAST EXPOSED TO THE LIGHT TRADE WINDS. THE TROUGH WILL DISSIPATE BY THURSDAY...AND MORE TYPICAL MODERATE EAST-NORTHEAST TRADES WILL RETURN...AND BUILD TO A BREEZY 20 KNOTS BY SATURDAY. A LAND AND SEA BREEZE WEATHER PATTERN IS EXPECTED TO PREVAIL MOST AREAS INTO WEDNESDAY...WITH AFTERNOON INTERIOR CLOUDS AND SHOWERS AND RELATIVELY CLEAR SKIES NIGHTS AND MORNINGS. ONE CAVEAT TONIGHT ARE THE LOW CLOUDS AND SHOWERS MOVING TOWARDS KAUAI AND OAHU FROM THE NORTH...AND HOW MUCH OF THESE WILL BE ABLE TO OVERRIDE LOCAL LAND BREEZES. THE OTHER CAVEAT BEING THE LOW CLOUD COVER OVER WINDWARD MAUI AND BIG ISLAND THAT IS BEING ENHANCED BY THE UPPER LOW. HAVE FORECAST THE CONVECTIVE CLOUDS ON MAUI AND THE BIG ISLAND TO DISSIPATE BY MIDNIGHT...BUT IF THEY DO NOT...THE LOW TEMPERATURE FORECASTS WILL BE TOO COOL. THE CUT OFF LOW ALOFT TO THE NORTHEAST WILL GRADUALLY WEAKEN AS IT MOVES SLOWLY SOUTHEAST OVER THE NEXT 2 TO 3 DAYS...THEREBY DOING LITTLE TO DESTABILIZE THE ISLAND ATMOSPHERE. A STRONG RIDGE ALOFT IS FORECAST TO BUILD NORTHEASTWARD FROM THE WEST PACIFIC AROUND THE MIDDLE OF THE WEEK...HELPING TO CARVE OUT THE TROPICAL UPPER TROPOSPHERIC TROUGH /TUTT/ TO ITS SOUTH...AND OVER THE ISLANDS. A TUTT LOW IS FORECAST TO DEVELOP TO THE WEST OF THE ISLANDS BY THURSDAY...WHERE IT WILL REMAIN NEARLY STATIONARY INTO THE WEEKEND. A MID LEVEL REFLECTION IS DEPICTED UNDERNEATH THE TUTT LOW...WHICH BRINGS THE POTENTIAL FOR DESTABILIZATION TOWARDS WEEK/S END. FLOW INTO THE UPPER LOW HAS CAUSED THE WINDS OVER THE BIG ISLAND SUMMITS TO RISE ABOVE ADVISORY SPEEDS...AND A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT. SEE HFONPWHFO FOR THE DETAILS. && .HFO WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... WIND ADVISORY UNTIL 4 AM HST TUESDAY FOR THE BIG ISLAND SUMMITS. && BIRCHARD
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 high wind. Local standard time, as filed.
West winds that gusted to near 70 mph impacted the summits of Mauna Kea and Mauna Loa on the Big Island of Hawaii. However, no serious injuries or property damage were reported.
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