A period of gusty east winds sustained up to 35 kts with localized gusts near 50 kts generated some damage for portions of the Hawaiian Island chain.
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The episode as NWS HFO wrote it up.
A period of gusty east winds sustained up to 35 kts with localized gusts near 50 kts generated some damage for portions of the Hawaiian 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 Feb 9, 3:50 AM HST, 2 hours earlier.
Area Forecast Discussion National Weather Service Honolulu HI 350 AM HST Thu Feb 9 2023 .SYNOPSIS... A strong high pressure system passing north of the state will continue to produce windy conditions across the region through Friday. Breezy and gusty trade winds will continue through the weekend with a slight decrease in wind speeds. Periods of passing showers will mainly affect windward and mountain areas favoring overnight to early morning hours. East Maui and the Big Island will likely see the highest rainfall coverage. Two weak upper lows deepen over the state by early next week with shower activity remaining in the long range forecast. && .DISCUSSION... A strong high pressure system passing north of the Hawaiian Islands will continue to produce windy conditions with strong wind gusts across the region through Friday. Surface wind observations have shown sustained winds in some areas up to 40 mph with wind gusts as high as 65 mph. The strongest winds are currently blowing over the Kohala Mountains and Waimea areas on the Big Island where a High Wind Warning remains in effect. Most areas across the rest of the state will see Wind Advisory level conditions lasting through Friday afternoon. Strong and gusty trade winds may last into Saturday causing an extension in time for these Wind Advisory conditions. The satellite imagery this morning shows bands of clouds moving from east to west across the state. Periods of showers are expected through the early morning hours, with decreasing shower trends in the afternoon. Strong trade winds will continue to lift Pacific moisture over the mountain slopes of each island through the weekend. Shower activity will favor the typical overnight to early morning hours with less coverage expected over the drier leeward sections of the island chain. By early next week, the high pressure system northeast of the islands will lift north as two weak upper level low slowly deepen over the state. Trade wind speeds will decrease back into the moderate to breezy range from Monday onward. Long range forecast guidance continues to hint at wet weather solutions for most windward areas through much of next week. Rainfall amounts and thunderstorm potential will be highly dependent upon where these upper lows set up relative to each island and it remains too early to forecast island by island impacts. Stay tuned for weather updates as the forecast time period grows shorter. && .AVIATION... Strong and gusty trade winds will persist through Friday allowing for passing showers. The highest shower activity will occur during the overnight to early morning hours over windward and mountain areas. AIRMET Tango for moderate to isolated severe low level turbulence over and downwind of terrain will remain in place. Brief MVFR conditions may occur in passing showers over windward areas, but otherwise VFR conditions will prevail. && .MARINE... Strong- to gale-force easterly trade winds will continue through the second half of the week as high pressure passes to the north. Gales are most likely over the typically windier waters and channels from Oahu to the Big Island. Seas have responded and expected to top out in the 10 to 15 ft range today through Friday. Although winds and seas should drop slightly over the upcoming weekend as a weakness in the ridge develops far north- northwest of the area, rough boating conditions will continue with Small Craft Advisory conditions expected for all waters. Surf along north and west facing shores will briefly lower this morning as the swell that peaked over the past couple of days moves out. Recent observations reflect this at the nearshore and offshore buoys with the peak swell energy now down into the 12-13 second bands. As this swell moves out, a fresh north- northwest swell from a gale that developed west of the Date Line early this week will arrive and build down the island chain later today. Forerunners within the 19-21+ second bands have just started showing early this morning. This swell will peak by tonight, hold into Friday, then ease quickly into the weekend. A small long-period northwest swell from a hurricane-force low centered around 1900 nautical miles to the northwest is expected to fill in late Saturday and linger through the weekend. Surf along east facing shores will quickly ramp up today as the strong trades expand over the state and upstream over the eastern Pacific. This will result in advisory-level surf for most easterly exposures through Friday. && .HFO WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... High Wind Warning until 6 PM HST Friday for Kohala-Big Island North. Wind Advisory until 6 PM HST Friday for most of the Hawaiian Islands. Gale Warning until 6 PM HST Friday for Kaiwi Channel-Maalaea Bay- Pailolo Channel-Alenuihaha Channel-Big Island Leeward Waters-Big Island Southeast Waters. Small Craft Advisory until 6 PM HST Friday for most Hawaiian coastal waters. High Surf Advisory until 6 AM HST Saturday for east facing shores. && DISCUSSION...Bohlin AVIATION...Bohlin MARINE...Gibbs
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
9 strong wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Law enforcement reported that strong winds had blown a large tree across Kohala Mountain Road near Kahua Ranch.
Park staff reported that an approximately 16-inch diameter eucalyptus tree fell across Haleakala Hwy, State Route 377, at mile 3 of State Highway 377.
Broadcast media reported that a tree had fallen onto Komo Mai Dr. at Aumakua.
County officials reported that Pensacola St. was closed between Nehoa St. to Piikoi St. due to a downed pole and electrical wires. It was also reported that more than 2,100 customers were without power in the Makiki area due to the strong winds.
It was reported that the Kalakaua Ave. east bound lane was closed near Diamond Head water fountain due to a fallen tree.
County officials reported that Kokea St. was closed between King St. and Dillingham Blvd. due to multiple downed utility poles.
County officials reported that Likelike Hwy, Kaneohe bound, was closed due to fallen tree which fell on the Kalihi side before the tunnel.
A NWS employee walking campus to work noted several large tree limbs down on the University of Hawaii Campus at Manoa, near the Hamilton library.
County officials reported that one lane of the Pali Highway was closed due to a fallen tree.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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