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URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HONOLULU HI
825 AM HST SUN MAR 19 2006

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR THE SUMMITS OF MAUNA KEA AND MAUNA
LOA THROUGH 4 PM SUNDAY...
...WINTER STORM WATCH FOR THE SUMMITS OF MAUNA KEA AND MAUNA LOA
FROM 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH MONDAY EVENING...

.STRONG SOUTHERLY FLOW UP OVER THE ISLANDS IS BRINGING SNOWFALL TO
THE SUMMITS OF THE BIG ISLAND VOLCANOES THIS MORNING...WITH UP TO
POSSIBLY 4 INCH ACCUMULATIONS...SO A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY HAS
BEEN ISSUED FOR THE SUMMITS. AS THIS FLOW IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE
INTO MONDAY...ACCUMULATIONS MAY BE GREATER THAN 6 INCHES IN THE
WATCH AREA TONIGHT AND MONDAY.

HIZ028-200200-
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BIG ISLAND SUMMITS-
INCLUDING THE CITY OF...MAUNA LOA AND MAUNA KEA ABOVE 8000 FEET
825 AM HST SUN MAR 19 2006

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM HST THIS
AFTERNOON...
...WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM HST THIS AFTERNOON
THROUGH MONDAY EVENING...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HONOLULU HAS ISSUED A WINTER
WEATHER ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM HST THIS
AFTERNOON. A WINTER STORM WATCH HAS ALSO BEEN ISSUED. THIS WINTER
STORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM HST THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH
MONDAY EVENING. 

OCCASIONAL SNOW HAS BEEN FALLING OVER THE SUMMIT AREAS OF THE BIG
ISLAND OF HAWAII...WITH UP TO 4 INCHES POSSIBLE ACCUMULATION.

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR
FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR
SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE
DRIVING.

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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FARRELL