A front that was approaching the islands from the west helped generate strong winds, with the most significant events occurring on Oahu. Power outages, flying debris, and downed trees were common in the latter part of the month, especially at the western end of the island chain.
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The episode as NWS HFO wrote it up.
A front that was approaching the islands from the west helped generate strong winds, with the most significant events occurring on Oahu. Power outages, flying debris, and downed trees were common in the latter part of the month, especially at the western end of the island chain.
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, 10:00 AM HST, 3 hours 41 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HONOLULU HI 1000 AM HST SUN JAN 28 2007 .SYNOPSIS...EXPECT MODERATE TO STRONG KONA WINDS...UNSETTLED WEATHER AND LARGE SURF THIS WEEK. A WEAKENING FRONT WILL STALL NEAR THE CENTRAL ISLANDS THIS AFTERNOON. SKIES ARE CLEARING BEHIND THIS FRONT...SO MOST OF THE CLOUDS AND SHOWERS ASSOCIATED WITH THIS FRONT WILL BE OVER MAUI COUNTY TODAY. TWO MORE FRONTS WILL BRING ADDITIONAL SHOWERS PLUS LOCALLY STRONG KONA WINDS THROUGH THE WEEK. && .DISCUSSION...HAVE UPDATED THE FORECAST FOR THE SMALLER ISLANDS TO REFLECT THE CLEARING SKIES AND LACK OF SHOWER ACTIVITY BEHIND THE WEAKENING FRONT. THE FRONT IS NEAR MOLOKAI AT THE MOMENT...BUT IT IS EXPECTED TO REACH MAUI AND STALL LATER TODAY. STRONG WINDS CONTINUE OVER HALEAKALA AND THE SUMMITS OF MAUNA KEA AND MAUNA LOA THIS MORNING. THE WIND ADVISORY HAS BEEN EXTENDED THROUGH TONIGHT FOR THESE SUMMITS. WE WILL MONITOR CONDITIONS HERE IN CASE HIGH WIND WARNINGS NEED TO BE ISSUED. REGARDLESS...THE WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO REMAIN NEAR OR ABOVE THE WIND ADVISORY THRESHOLD FOR THE NEXT FEW DAYS. AS THE PREVIOUS FORECAST TEAM NOTED...THE GLOBAL MODELS CONTINUE TO INDICATE A LARGE AREA OF LOW PRESSURE LOCATED OVER THE CENTRAL NORTH PACIFIC OCEAN. THIS STRONG LOW HAS PUSHED THE FRONT DOWN OVER THE ISLANDS. AS A RESULT...THE SUBTROPICAL RIDGE HAS SHIFTED SOUTH OF THE HAWAIIAN ISLANDS...AND OUR PREVAILING WINDS WILL BE FROM THE SOUTHWEST MUCH OF THIS UPCOMING WORK WEEK. AS THE CURRENT FRONT STALLS AND DISSIPATES OVER MAUI COUNTY TONIGHT...A SECOND FRONT WILL APPROACH THE ISLANDS. RECENT GFS MODEL RUNS INDICATE THIS SECOND FRONT WILL APPROACH KAUAI MONDAY EVENING AND STALL. THEREFORE...IT IS NOT CLEAR HOW MUCH RAINFALL WILL OCCUR EAST OF KAUAI FROM THIS FRONT. A THIRD FRONT ARRIVING NEXT THURSDAY MAY BE STRONGER THAN THE OTHERS. REGARDLESS...STRONG SOUTHWEST WINDS AHEAD OF THIS FRONT MAY REQUIRE WIND ADVISORIES FOR LOWER ELEVATIONS OF SOME ISLANDS...IN ADDITION TO THE SUMMITS. HIGH WIND WARNINGS MAY BE NEEDED FOR SOME SUMMITS AS WELL. && .MARINE...THE MAIN ENERGY FROM THE NEW NORTHWEST SWELL HAS SHOWN UP AT BUOY 1 IN THE 800 AM HST READING. THE BUOY MEASUREMENTS OF SIGNIFICANT WAVE HEIGHT WERE RUNNING ABOUT 3 FEET BELOW THE WAVE WATCH III FORECAST UNTIL THAT TIME. ALSO...THE DOMINANT SWELL PERIOD IS RUNNING CLOSE TO 12 SECONDS. THIS MEANS THAT THE TRAVEL TIME OF THE SWELL TO THE ISLANDS WILL BE LONGER THAN MOST OF OUR RECENT NORTHWEST SWELLS...SINCE THE ENERGY FROM THESE RELATIVELY SHORT PERIOD SWELLS TRAVELS AT SLOWER SPEEDS. THEREFORE...EXPECT THE NEW NORTHWEST SWELL TO REACH KAUAI LATER TODAY. THIS SWELL WILL PRODUCE SURF ABOVE THE ADVISORY THRESHOLD ALONG NORTH AND WEST-FACING SHORES OF THE SMALLER ISLANDS WHEN IT FINALLY ARRIVES. AN EVEN LARGER WEST NORTHWEST SWELL WILL LIKELY INCREASE SURF HEIGHTS UP TO THE WARNING THRESHOLD BY MONDAY. THE SURF IS EXPECTED TO BECOME EVEN LARGER MONDAY NIGHT AND TUESDAY. SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL BE QUITE STRONG AT TIMES THROUGH THE WEEK. THE LARGE SWELLS AND STRONG WINDS WILL REQUIRE A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR MOST MARINE ZONES THIS WEEK. && .FIRE WEATHER...STRONG SOUTHWEST AND WEST WINDS AHEAD OF THE APPROACHING FRONT WILL CONTINUE ALONG THE SLOPES OF HALEAKALA. THIS FRONT MAY ALSO BRING SOME SHOWERS TO MAUI LATER TODAY. HOWEVER...NO SIGNIFICANT RAINFALL TOTALS ARE EXPECTED. THE STRONG WEST AND SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH MID-WEEK. A STRONGER FRONT MAY BRING A BETTER CHANCE OF SIGNIFICANT RAINFALL NEXT FRIDAY. && .HFO WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... HIGH SURF ADVISORY THROUGH TONIGHT FOR NORTH AND WEST FACING SHORES OF NIIHAU-KAUAI-OAHU AND MOLOKAI...AND FOR NORTH FACING SHORES OF MAUI. WIND ADVISORY UNTIL 6 AM HST MONDAY FOR HALEAKALA SUMMIT AND BIG ISLAND SUMMITS. SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY UNTIL MIDNIGHT HST WEDNESDAY NIGHT FOR ALL HAWAIIAN WATERS...EXCEPT MAALAEA BAY. && HOUSTON
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
5 high wind, 1 strong wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Strong winds in Honolulu County resulted in three serious injuries. A 38-year-old woman at a Sheridan Street address ended up losing parts of two fingers after a door slammed on her hand when gusty winds swept through her home. She was taken to The Queen's Medical Center in serious condition. |In another incident, two individuals were struck by an airborne beach chair at the Royal Hawaiian Hotel and were hospitalized in stable condition at Straub Hospital.
Wind gusts measured as high as 65 mph buffeted the area from Kaneohe to Kailua to Waimanalo. Big branches were ripped from 30- to 40-year-old trees, roof damages were common, and power lines were downed. Damage estimates were unavailable. There were no serious injuries.|
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