Northeast and east winds gusted over 80 mph on the Big Island summits. There were no reports of significant property damage or injuries.
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Northeast and east winds gusted over 80 mph on the Big Island summits. There were no reports of significant 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 26, 10:00 AM HST, 4 hours 29 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HONOLULU HI 1000 AM HST TUE FEB 26 2013 .SYNOPSIS... BREEZY TO LOCALLY WINDY TRADE WINDS WILL PERSIST THROUGH MUCH OF THE WEEK. SHOWERS WILL BE MAINLY CONFINED TO WINDWARD SLOPES... THOUGH LEEWARD SECTIONS OF THE SMALLER ISLANDS MAY SEE SOME BRIEF SHOWERS AT TIMES. && .DISCUSSION... STRONG AND GUSTY TRADE WINDS WILL PREVAIL IN THE SHORT TERM. A 1031 MB HIGH SITS ABOUT 1200 MILES NORTHEAST OF THE STATE WITH AN ASSOCIATED SURFACE RIDGE EXTENDING WESTWARD TO ABOUT 700 MILES NORTH OF THE ISLANDS. WHILE THIS IS NOT OVERLY IMPRESSIVE...RIDGING ALOFT BUILDING OVERHEAD WILL CAUSE A STRONG INVERSION TO DEVELOP TODAY. THIS WILL SQUEEZE THE BOUNDARY LAYER AND PRODUCE GUSTY WINDS AROUND AND DOWNWIND OF ISLAND TERRAIN. A WIND ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR PORTIONS OF MAUI COUNTY AND THE BIG ISLAND DUE TO THE GUSTY WINDS. ALSO...WINDS SHOULD BE TRENDING UP ON THE HIGH SUMMITS OF THE BIG ISLAND TONIGHT...SO WE HAVE UPGRADED TO A HIGH WIND WARNING THERE. EXPECT WINDS TO DROP A NOTCH ON WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND THURSDAY AS THE SURFACE RIDGE IS DISPLACED SOUTHWARD. SHOWER FREQUENCY WILL BE ON A DECLINE OVER THE NEXT 24 HOURS. A MID TO UPPER LEVEL TROUGH EAST OF THE BIG ISLAND WILL CONTINUE TO DRIFT AWAY FROM THE STATE...WHILE PRECIPITABLE WATER /PW/ VALUES DROP SLIGHTLY FROM ALREADY BELOW NORMAL VALUES OF NEARLY AN INCH. IN ADDITION...BUILDING RIDGING ALOFT WILL PRODUCE INCREASED STABILITY. ALL THIS POINTS TO A DECREASING TREND IN SHOWER ACTIVITY...WHICH WILL MAINLY BE CONFINED TO WINDWARD AREAS. MORE BREEZY TO LOCALLY WINDY WEATHER IS IN STORE FRIDAY AND SATURDAY. ANOTHER STRONG HIGH WILL PASS NORTH OF THE ISLANDS... BOOSTING WINDS BACK UP. THE UPPER TROUGH EAST OF THE STATE MAY EDGE CLOSER DURING THIS TIME...SO A SLIGHT INCREASE IN SHOWERS IS POSSIBLE. WINDS WILL BACK DOWN A NOTCH ON SUNDAY AND MONDAY...THOUGH LOCALLY BREEZY CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TO PERSIST. && .AVIATION... AIRMET TANGO REMAINS FOR LOW LEVEL TURBULENCE AND FOR SUSTAINED SFC WSPD OF 30 KT DUE TO STRONG TRADE WINDS. THIS AIRMET WILL PERSIST THROUGH WEDNESDAY. VFR CONDITIONS WILL PREVAIL THROUGHOUT THE FORECAST PERIOD AT ALL TERMINALS WITH BRIEF MVFR CIG/VIS EXPECTED OVER WINDWARD SLOPES DUE TO CLOUDS AND SHOWERS. && .MARINE... GALE WARNINGS ARE POSTED FOR THE WINDIEST WATERS AROUND THE BIG ISLAND AND MAUI COUNTY...WHILE REMAINING WATERS ARE COVERED BY A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY /SCA/. THE GALE WARNING WILL LIKELY BE DOWNGRADED TO AN SCA WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON OR EVENING FOR A COMBINATION OF WINDS AND SEAS. ANOTHER INCREASE IN WINDS DUE FOR FRIDAY AND SATURDAY WILL HAVE TO BE MONITORED...BUT AT THIS TIME IT DOES NOT LOOK LIKE GALE CONDITIONS WILL OCCUR. THE LARGE UPWIND FETCH OF TRADE WINDS IS PRODUCE ROUGH ELEVATED SURF ALONG EAST FACING SHORES WHERE A HIGH SURF ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT. CONDITIONS WILL BE BORDERLINE BY THURSDAY BUT SHOULD BE UP A NOTCH ON FRIDAY. THE HIGH SURF LOOKS TO PERSIST THROUGH AT LEAST THE UPCOMING WEEKEND. && .HFO WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... HIGH WIND WARNING UNTIL 6 PM HST WEDNESDAY FOR BIG ISLAND SUMMITS. WIND ADVISORY UNTIL 6 PM HST WEDNESDAY FOR LANAI-KAHOOLAWE-MAUI CENTRAL VALLEY-HALEAKALA SUMMIT-SOUTH BIG ISLAND-BIG ISLAND NORTH AND EAST-KOHALA-BIG ISLAND INTERIOR. GALE WARNING UNTIL 6 PM HST WEDNESDAY FOR MAALAEA BAY-PAILOLO CHANNEL-ALENUIHAHA CHANNEL-BIG ISLAND LEEWARD WATERS-BIG ISLAND SOUTHEAST WATERS. HIGH SURF ADVISORY UNTIL 6 PM HST WEDNESDAY FOR KAUAI WINDWARD- OAHU KOOLAU-OLOMANA-MOLOKAI WINDWARD-MAUI WINDWARD WEST-WINDWARD HALEAKALA-SOUTH BIG ISLAND-BIG ISLAND NORTH AND EAST. SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY UNTIL 6 PM HST WEDNESDAY FOR KAUAI WINDWARD WATERS-OAHU LEEWARD WATERS-MAUI COUNTY LEEWARD WATERS-BIG ISLAND WINDWARD WATERS-KAUAI NORTHWEST WATERS-KAUAI LEEWARD WATERS-KAUAI CHANNEL-OAHU WINDWARD WATERS-KAIWI CHANNEL-MAUI COUNTY WINDWARD WATERS. && WROE
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 high wind. Local standard time, as filed.
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