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URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HONOLULU HI
937 PM HST SAT FEB 11 2006

...SNOW LIKELY ON MAUNA KEA AND MAUNA LOA...

.A TROUGH ALOFT WILL CREATE CONDITIONS FAVORABLE FOR SNOWY WEATHER
ON THE HIGH MOUNTAINS ON THE BIG ISLAND.

HIZ028-121545-
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BIG ISLAND SUMMITS-
INCLUDING THE CITY OF...MAUNA LOA AND MAUNA KEA ABOVE 8000 FEET
937 PM HST SAT FEB 11 2006

...WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH
MONDAY AFTERNOON...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HONOLULU HAS ISSUED A WINTER
STORM WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH
MONDAY AFTERNOON. 

A TROUGH ALOFT WILL PRODUCE LOW TEMPERATURES AND UNSTABLE
CONDITIONS FROM SUNDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH MONDAY AFTERNOON. LOCALLY
HEAVY PRECIPITATION IS LIKELY AND THE PRECIPITATION WOULD BE IN
THE FORM OF SNOW OVER THE UPPER ELEVATIONS OF MAUNA KEA AND MAUNA
LOA. THE GREATEST CHANCE OF HEAVY SNOW IS SUNDAY EVENING BUT
SNOWFALL COULD CONTINUE THROUGH MONDAY AFTERNOON. SNOW ACCUMULATION
OF 6 INCHES OR MORE IS POSSIBLE.

A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT
SNOW...SLEET...OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL.
CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS.

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