A period of gusty winds caused damage to some trees and power lines across portions of Maui County and the Big Island of Hawaii.
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A period of gusty winds caused damage to some trees and power lines across portions of Maui County and the Big Island of Hawaii.
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 Mar 1, 8:46 PM HST, 5 hours 14 minutes earlier.
Area Forecast Discussion National Weather Service Honolulu HI 846 PM HST Wed Mar 1 2023 .SYNOPSIS... Wet and windy conditions will persist across much of the state through Thursday, with a gradual decline in the trades expected Friday and Saturday. Showers will be more active along windward slopes while strong trade winds periodically carry showers over leeward areas. A low aloft will produce a few downpours and thunderstorms during the next few days, with highest potential for thunderstorms expected on the Big Island. Winds will decrease and veer southerly Saturday night and Sunday ahead of an approaching front. A series of front will then move through the islands next week, bringing moderate to breezy southwest winds to the area, and shifting the favored areas for rainfall to the west through south facing slopes and coasts. && .DISCUSSION... Currently at the surface, a 1038 mb high is centered around 950 miles north-northeast of Honolulu, while a surface trough is positioned around 700 miles southeast of the Big Island. The pressure gradient across the island chain remains very strong this evening, with windy conditions prevailing statewide. Infrared satellite imagery shows mostly cloudy conditions in windward areas, while partly cloudy skies prevail in most leeward locales. Radar imagery shows numerous to widespread showers moving through windward areas, with coverage the greatest over the eastern end of the state. Meanwhile, a few showers are reaching leeward communities at times as well due to the strong trades. Main short term concerns revolve around Wind and Winter Weather Headlines. High pressure north-northeast of the state will gradually weaken during the next few days, while a trough of low pressure lingers to the southeast of the island chain. The trades will gradually weaken during this time, but will remain windy through at least Thursday and potentially through Thursday night. A High Wind Warning (HWW) remains in effect for areas over and downwind of the Kohala mountains on the Big Island through 6 AM Thursday, with a Wind Advisory in place for the remainder of the state during this same time. Winds should ease enough such that the HWW can be cancelled with the morning forecast package, but a Wind Advisory appears likely for most of the state through the day on Thursday. The winds will continue to ease Thursday night and Friday, but breezy conditions are expected to persist. The trades will continue to ease over the weekend, with moderate trades Saturday becoming light and variable on Sunday as a weakening front approaches from the west. Winds are forecast to pick up out of the southwest at moderate levels on Monday, then become locally breezy out of the southwest and west Tuesday through next Wednesday as a series of fronts move through the island chain. As for the remaining weather details, rather showery trade wind weather will continue through Saturday, particularly over the eastern end of the state. Some brief downpours and a rumble or two of thunder will be possible over the eastern end of the state through Saturday as well given the upper level disturbance lingering overhead. We should see a pattern shift beginning Sunday, with land and sea breezes leading to the development of afternoon and early evening showers over primarily interior and mauka areas. The typical leeward areas will become windward areas beginning Monday and continuing through the middle of next week, with showers favoring west through south facing slopes and coasts. A Winter Weather Advisory remains in effect for the high elevation summits on the Big Island through 6 PM Thursday, where snow and freezing drizzle are expected. Wintry weather will likely continue to affect the summits through Saturday, and the Winter Weather Advisory may eventually need to be extended. We will continue to monitor conditions closely on the Haleakala summit, as temperatures are forecast to remain just above freezing and any slight dip could bring some wintry weather to the highest elevations, at or above 10,000 feet. && .AVIATION... The high pressure system far north of the state will weaken through the weekend. Strong and gusty trade winds are forecast to continue for one more day before decreasing from Friday onward. The combination of unstable conditions and strong winds will allow clouds and showers to be enhanced by the mountains on each island, producing scattered MVFR conditions with occasional IFR conditions for windward and mountain areas. Most of the heavy showers and isolated IFR conditions will be focused over the eastern end of the state tonight, along with a continued isolated thunderstorms over the windward areas of Maui and the Big Island. AIRMET Sierra remains in effect for mountain obscuration over the Big Island, Maui, Molokai, Oahu and Kauai. This AIRMET will likely decrease in coverage by Thursday morning. AIRMET Tango remains in effect for low level moderate to isolated severe turbulence over and downwind of all island mountains. AIRMET Tango also remains in effect for strong surface winds across the entire state. These AIRMETs will likely continue through Thursday. Light icing is also expected IC from the Big Island to Molokai in a layer 100-160. && .MARINE... Rough conditions with gales and large seas will continue into the second half of the week as strong high pressure (1038 mb) remains positioned to the north. Satellite data showed 25-35 kt winds with seas hovering in the 12-15 ft range, which line up well with buoy observations at the exposed PacIOOS Mokapu station and a SOFAR drifter buoy that has entered the Alenuihaha Channel over the past 24-hrs. Guidance supports gales continuing through Thursday over the windier waters and channels of Maui County and the Big Island, then dipping to advisory levels Thursday night into Friday. A pattern transition is likely late Friday through the weekend as a cold front approaches, which means a break in the strong winds/seas. Guidance supports moderate to fresh southwest winds early next week as the front moves into the area. Surf along east facing shores will remain rough, with heights holding around the warning threshold of 15 ft (faces) through Thursday due to the aforementioned winds over and upstream of the islands. A downward trend is expected late Friday through the weekend as the ridge weakens and winds ease. Surf along north facing shores will remain well below the seasonal average each day through early next week, with the exception of the shores exposed to the large easterly seas wrapping in. A small west-northwest swell arriving Friday from a recent gale that tracked eastward from the Kurils to the Date Line will linger into the weekend. A small long-period pulse is possible Tuesday out of the north-northeast from a gale predicted to move through the Gulf of Alaska over the weekend. For the long- term (low confidence), despite the differences shown in the various model solutions, a more significant winter-like scenario unfolding will become a possibility through the second half of next week in response to broad low pressure evolving north- northwest of the islands. Confidence through the extended portion of the forecast should improve over the coming weekend. Surf along south facing shores will remain near the seasonal average each day, with mainly wind swell wrapping into exposed areas. && .HFO WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... Wind Advisory until 6 AM HST Thursday for Kauai Leeward-Kauai Mountains-Waianae Coast-Oahu North Shore-Olomana-Central Oahu- Waianae Mountains-Lanai Mauka-Kahoolawe-Maui Windward West-Maui Leeward West-Big Island Interior-Kauai North-Kauai East-Kauai South-East Honolulu-Honolulu Metro-Ewa Plain-Koolau Windward- Koolau Leeward-Molokai-Lanai Windward-Lanai Leeward-Lanai South- Maui Central Valley North-Maui Central Valley South-Windward Haleakala-Kipahulu-South Maui/Upcountry-South Haleakala-Big Island South-Big Island Southeast. High Surf Warning until 6 PM HST Thursday for Olomana-Maui Windward West-Kauai East-Kauai South-East Honolulu-Koolau Windward-Molokai Windward-Molokai Southeast-Windward Haleakala- Kipahulu-South Haleakala-Big Island Southeast-Big Island East- Big Island North. High Wind Warning until 6 AM HST Thursday for Kohala-Big Island North. Winter Weather Advisory until 6 PM HST Thursday for Big Island Summits. Small Craft Advisory until 6 PM HST Friday for Kauai Northwest Waters-Kauai Windward Waters-Kauai Leeward Waters-Kauai Channel- Oahu Windward Waters-Oahu Leeward Waters-Kaiwi Channel-Maui County Windward Waters-Maui County Leeward Waters-Big Island Windward Waters. Gale Warning until 6 PM HST Thursday for Maalaea Bay-Pailolo Channel-Alenuihaha Channel-Big Island Leeward Waters-Big Island Southeast Waters. && DISCUSSION...Jelsema AVIATION...Bohlin MARINE...Gibbs
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
3 strong wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Highway 11 was closed due to a large tree which fell across the road, blocking traffic on both lanes.
Utility lines were reported down and blocking Hana Highway near mile marker 26.
Trees and utility lines were reported down and blocking Olinda Road near mile marker 9.
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