An upper trough near the islands generated wind gusts from the northwest and north in excess of 50 knots 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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An upper trough near the islands generated wind gusts from the northwest and north in excess of 50 knots 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 Apr 4, 3:30 PM HST, 52 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION COR NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HONOLULU HI 330 PM HST FRI APR 4 2008 .SYNOPSIS... COOL NORTHEAST WINDS WILL PERSIST ACROSS THE HAWAIIAN ISLANDS THROUGH AT LEAST SATURDAY. THE WINDS WILL ALSO CARRY IN A FEW MAINLY LIGHT SHOWERS OVERNIGHT. MORE NORMAL TRADE WINDS WILL LIKELY RETURN MONDAY. && .DISCUSSION... THE LOW PRESSURE AREA...BOTH SURFACE AND ALOFT...WILL CONTINUE TO INFLUENCE THE HAWAIIAN ISLANDS THROUGH A GOOD PART OF THE WEEKEND. THE REMNANT CIRCULATION OF THE SURFACE LOW MAY COME CLOSE TO THE BIG ISLAND SATURDAY NIGHT AND SUNDAY...BRINGING SOME LIGHT NORTHERLY WINDS TO THE EASTERN AND KAU COASTAL WATERS OF THE BIG ISLAND. THIS PATTERN WILL ALSO AFFECT THE KAU DISTRICT AND KILAUEA VOLCANO AREA OVER THE WEEKEND WITH A LIGHT DIURNAL WIND PATTERN...ONSHORE BREEZE BY NOON AND A DEVELOPMENT OF A LIGHT DRAINAGE WINDS DURING THE EVENING. THE SMALLER ISLANDS HAVE HAD A COUPLE OF BANDS OF MAINLY LIGHT SHOWERS MOVE THROUGH TODAY. WE CAN EXPECT MORE THROUGH AT LEAST SATURDAY AS THE SURFACE LOW CONTINUES TO FALL APART. ABOUT ALL THE FORECAST MODELS HAVE THE LOW BECOMING A NORTHEAST TO SOUTHWEST ORIENTED TROUGH BY SUNDAY NIGHT. THE UPPER LOW IS CURRENTLY ABOUT TO TAKE A MORE SOUTHWARD TRACK ...AND FALLS IN LINE WITH ABOUT ALL THE FORECAST MODELS. THE WINDS ON THE SOUTHWEST SIDE OF THE UPPER LOW IS STRONG...AND IS INFLUENCING THE BIG ISLAND SUMMITS. WINDS THERE WILL STAY STRONG AND GUSTY TONIGHT. AS THE LOW PULLS SLIGHT EAST AND WEAKENS SOME SATURDAY...EXPECT THE WINDS TO DIMINISH OVER THE SUMMITS...TO BELOW ADVISORY THRESHOLD BY LATE SATURDAY. BY MONDAY...THE SURFACE TROUGH EAST OF THE BIG ISLAND IS HISTORY ALTHOUGH THE UPPER TROUGH REMAINS DEEP AND FAVORABLE FOR ANOTHER LOW TO FORM NORTHEAST OF THE ISLANDS. THE ASSOCIATED TROUGH AXIS EXTENDS SOUTHWEST TO JUST SOUTH OF THE BIG ISLAND MONDAY. && .MARINE... THE KAILUA/MOKAPU BUOY SHOWS A CONTINUING RISING TREND OF THE NORTH NORTHEAST SWELL. THE SURF SHOULD NOW BE IN THE 5 TO 8 FOOT RANGE ALONG THE EAST FACING SHORES OF OAHU. HENCE...THE HIGH SURF ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE EAST-FACING SHORES OF MOST ISLANDS. ANOTHER EFFECT FROM THIS ABOVE NORMAL NORTH NORTHEAST SWELL IS THE POTENTIAL FOR HARBOR SURGES FOR BOTH KAHULUI AND HILO HARBORS. THIS SWELL IS SLATED TO RETURN TO NORMAL BY SATURDAY AFTERNOON. THE SWELL FROM THE WEST NORTHWEST...SLATED TO ARRIVE SATURDAY...IS FORECAST TO STAY BELOW ADVISORY LEVELS. && .HFO WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... HIGH SURF ADVISORY UNTIL 12 PM HST SATURDAY FOR KAUAI WINDWARD- OAHU KOOLAU-OLOMANA-MOLOKAI WINDWARD-LANAI MAKAI-MAUI WINDWARD WEST-WINDWARD HALEAKALA-BIG ISLAND NORTH AND EAST. WIND ADVISORY UNTIL 6 PM HST SATURDAY FOR BIG ISLAND SUMMITS. && H. LAU
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
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