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URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HONOLULU HI
323 PM HST THU MAR 30 2006

...SNOW AND ICY CONDITIONS FOR BIG ISLAND SUMMITS...

.LOW PRESSURE TO THE NORTHWEST OF THE STATE WILL KEEP UNSETTLED
WEATHER INTO THE WEEKEND. ALTHOUGH THE LOW IS ALSO BRINGING COLDER
TEMPERATURES TO HIGHER ELEVATIONS...MUCH OF THE MOISTURE IS
EXPECTED TO REMAIN WEST OF THE BIG ISLAND. THUS THE THREAT FOR
HEAVY SNOWFALL APPEARS MINIMAL AT THIS TIME. HOWEVER...CLOUDS OVER
THE SUMMITS WILL PRODUCE ICY CONDITIONS AND SOME SNOW MAY FALL
FROM TIME TO TIME. THUS HAZARDOUS CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TO OCCUR
ESPECIALLY AT ELEVATIONS ABOVE 11000 FEET. THERE IS A POSSIBILITY
THAT WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE INTO THE WEEKEND...
POSSIBLY BRINGING SNOW DOWN AS LOW AS 10000 FEET THUS IMPACTING
THE SUMMIT OF HALEAKALA ON MAUI. PERSONS PLANNING TRAVEL TO THE
SUMMITS SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR HAZARDOUS WINTER WEATHER.

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BIG ISLAND SUMMITS-
INCLUDING THE CITY OF...MAUNA LOA AND MAUNA KEA ABOVE 8000 FEET
323 PM HST THU MAR 30 2006

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM HST FRIDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HONOLULU HAS ISSUED A WINTER
WEATHER ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM HST FRIDAY. THE
WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. 

SNOW ACCUMULATION OF UP TO 4 INCHES IS POSSIBLE BY LATE FRIDAY. IN
ADDITION...FOG ACROSS THE SUMMITS WILL RESULT IN ICE FORMING ON
ROADS.

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT SNOW AND ICY CONDITIONS WILL
CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND
LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING.

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NASH/R BALLARD