A jet stream just north of the islands caused gusty southwest to west winds at 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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A jet stream just north of the islands caused gusty southwest to west winds at 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 Feb 7, 11:30 PM HST, 3 hours 44 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HONOLULU HI 1130 PM HST WED FEB 7 2007 .SYNOPSIS...A WEAKENING COLD FRONT WILL CONTINUE TO BRING OVERCAST SKIES AND LIGHT SHOWERS TO THE ISLANDS FROM KAUAI TO MAUI OVERNIGHT...AND WILL EVENTUALLY SPREAD TO THE BIG ISLAND BY THURSDAY. THIS FRONT WILL CONTINUE TO WEAKEN THROUGH FRIDAY...BUT CLOUDS ASSOCIATED WITH THE BOUNDARY WILL LINGER OVER THE ISLANDS FOR THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS. LIGHT TO MODERATE NORTHEAST WINDS WILL PREVAIL THROUGH THE WEEKEND...WHICH WILL KEEP MOST SHOWERS OVER WINDWARD AND MOUNTAIN AREAS. && .UPDATE...HAVE ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY FOR BIG ISLAND SUMMITS BASED ON LATEST OBSERVATIONS FROM SUMMIT OBSERVATORIES. ALSO GUIDANCE INDICATES WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO BE STRONG THROUGH AT LEAST THURSDAY NIGHT. && .DISCUSSION...THE FRONTAL CLOUD BAND MOVING IN FROM THE NORTHWEST HAS SLOWED ITS FORWARD MOTION...AND HAS GOTTEN WIDER...OVER THE PAST 6 HOURS...WITH OVERCAST LOW CLOUD CEILINGS FROM KAUAI TO MAUI. RADAR IS DETECTING VERY LIGHT RAIN FALLING FROM THIS CLOUD FIELD...SO ALTHOUGH OUR CURRENT POP FORECAST IS RATHER HIGH...RAINFALL ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED TO BE VERY LOW. IN THE ALENUIHAHA CHANNEL...A NARROW ROPE CLOUD NEAR THE SOUTH EDGE OF THE CLOUD BAND HAS WEAKENED...BUT MANAGED TO PRODUCE THE HEAVIEST RAINFALL ASSOCIATED WITH THE FRONT. THE FRONT IS VERY SHALLOW...WITH WEST WINDS JUST ABOVE THE NORTH TO NORTHEAST WINDS BEING OBSERVED AT THE SURFACE...WITH THESE WEST WINDS APPROACHING ADVISORY SPEEDS OVER THE BIG ISLAND SUMMITS ON THURSDAY. THE SHALLOW NATURE OF THE FRONT MEANS THAT ITS MOISTURE WILL BE SLOW IN DEPARTING THE ISLANDS...AND IT IS EXPECTED TO LINGER OVER THE ISLANDS THROUGH THE WEEKEND. WITH THE LOW LEVEL FLOW VEERING TO THE NORTHEAST OVER THE NEXT 24 HOURS...MOST OF THE LIGHT RAIN ASSOCIATED WITH THE FRONT WILL BEGIN TO FAVOR NORTH AND EAST FACING SLOPES AND SHORES THROUGH THE WEEKEND. LATER IN THE WEEKEND... LOWERING MID LEVEL HEIGHTS AND TEMPS WILL LEAD TO A SLIGHT DESTABILIZATION OF THE ISLAND ATMOSPHERE...AND MODELS ARE SUGGESTING A CONTINUED WET TRADE PATTERN INTO EARLY NEXT WEEK. A MODERATELY STRONG SURFACE HIGH WILL BUILD NORTH OF THE ISLANDS THROUGH SUNDAY...SUPPLYING MODERATE NORTHEAST WINDS. THE HIGH WILL SLIDE EAST OF THE ISLANDS NEXT WEEK...LEADING TO LIGHTER EAST TO SOUTHEAST WINDS TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY. && .MARINE...A NEW NORTHWEST SWELL IS BUILDING AT BUOY 51001 THIS EVENING...AND IS EXPECTED TO RAISE SURF ABOVE THE WARNING LEVEL ALONG NORTH- AND WEST-FACING SHORES OF THE SMALLER ISLANDS BY THURSDAY MORNING. ALTHOUGH THIS SWELL WILL PRODUCE SURF ABOVE WARNING LEVELS...SIGNIFICANT COASTAL INUNDATION IS NOT EXPECTED... ESPECIALLY IN LIGHT OF THE FACT THAT THERE IS NO LARGE HIGH TIDE EXPECTED. THIS LARGE SWELL WILL PRODUCE COMBINED SEAS IN EXCESS OF 10 FEET IN MOST MARINE ZONES...MANDATING A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY. && .HFO WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... HIGH SURF WARNING FOR NORTH-FACING SHORES OF NIIHAU KAUAI OAHU MOLOKAI AND MAUI THROUGH 4 PM FRIDAY. HIGH SURF WARNING FOR WEST-FACING SHORES OF NIIHAU KAUAI OAHU AND MOLOKAI THROUGH 4 PM FRIDAY. HIGH SURF ADVISORY FOR WEST-FACING SHORES OF THE BIG ISLAND THROUGH 4 PM FRIDAY. SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY EVENTUALLY IN EFFECT FOR ALL WATERS AND CHANNELS EXCEPT MAALAEA BAY AND THE PAILOLO CHANNEL THROUGH 6 AM FRIDAY. WIND ADVISORY BIG ISLAND SUMMITS THROUGH 6 AM FRIDAY. && BIRCHARD
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 high wind. Local standard time, as filed.
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