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URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HONOLULU HI
352 PM HST WED JAN 25 2006

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR THE SUMMITS OF MAUNA KEA AND MAUNA
LOA ON THE BIG ISLAND...

.OVERVIEW...AN UPPER LEVEL LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM TO THE SOUTH OF THE
ISLANDS WILL BRING MOISTURE OVER THE BIG ISLAND TONIGHT AND
TOMORROW. TEMPERATURES AT THE UPPER SUMMITS... ESPECIALLY ABOVE
12000 FEET WILL BE COLD ENOUGH FOR THE PRECIPITATION TO FALL AS
SNOW OVERNIGHT INTO THURSDAY MORNING.

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BIG ISLAND SUMMITS-
INCLUDING THE CITY OF...MAUNA LOA AND MAUNA KEA ABOVE 8000 FEET
352 PM HST WED JAN 25 2006

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM HST THURSDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HONOLULU HAS ISSUED A WINTER
WEATHER ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM HST THURSDAY. 

SNOW IS EXPECTED TO PRIMARILY OCCUR ABOVE 12000 FEET...WHERE NEW
SNOWFALL AMOUNTS OF UP TO 4 INCHES ARE EXPECTED OVERNIGHT. AN
ADDITIONAL ONE TO TWO INCHES ARE POSSIBLE THURSDAY MORNING.  

THE MAUNA KEA ACCESS ROAD HAS ALREADY BEEN CLOSED. 

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE
SIGNIFICANT TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. THOSE PLANNING TO TRAVEL TO THE
UPPER SLOPES EARLY THURSDAY SHOULD CALL AHEAD ON THE STATUS OF THE
ROAD CLOSURE AND BE PREPARED FOR SNOW AND ICE COVERED ROADS.

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NASH/R BALLARD