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URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HONOLULU HI
800 PM HST WED MAR 29 2006

...SIGNIFICANT SNOWFALL EXPECTED FOR BIG ISLAND SUMMITS THROUGH FRIDAY...

.A COLD LOW TO THE NORTHWEST OF THE STATE...TOGETHER WITH A STREAM
OF DEEP ATMOSPHERIC MOISTURE...WILL BRING A MIX OF RAIN AND SNOW
TO HIGHER ELEVATIONS ACROSS THE STATE. ON HALEAKALA...MORE RAIN IS
EXPECTED...SO LITTLE SNOW WILL ACCUMULATE. HOWEVER...THE HIGHER SUMMITS
OF THE BIG ISLAND CAN EXPECT THE SNOW TO PILE UP. AS THE LOW
APPROACHES BY THE WEEKEND...TEMPERATURES WILL DROP...FURTHER
CONTRIBUTING TO HAZARDOUS CONDITIONS AT THE SUMMITS.

HIZ028-301400-
/O.NEW.PHFO.WS.W.0003.060330T0600Z-060331T1600Z/
BIG ISLAND SUMMITS-
INCLUDING THE CITY OF...MAUNA LOA AND MAUNA KEA ABOVE 8000 FEET
800 PM HST WED MAR 29 2006

...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM HST FRIDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HONOLULU HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM
WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM HST FRIDAY.

SNOW ACCUMULATION IS EXPECTED TO REACH 6 TO 12 INCHES.

A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS THAT SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW...
SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO
POSSIBLE. THESE CONDITIONS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR
IMPOSSIBLE.

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RYSHKO