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URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HONOLULU HI
1213 AM HST FRI MAR 31 2006

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

.LOW PRESSURE TO THE NORTHWEST OF THE STATE WILL KEEP WEATHER
UNSETTLED INTO THE WEEKEND. ALTHOUGH THE LOW WILL BRING COLDER
TEMPERATURES TO HIGHER ELEVATIONS...MUCH OF THE MOISTURE IS
EXPECTED TO REMAIN WEST OF THE BIG ISLAND THROUGH EARLY FRIDAY
MORNING. THUS HEAVY SNOWFALL IS UNLIKELY BEFORE FRIDAY EVENING.
HOWEVER...CLOUDS OVER THE SUMMITS WILL PRODUCE ICY CONDITIONS...
AND SOME SNOW MAY FALL...PRODUCING HAZARDOUS CONDITIONS AT
ELEVATIONS ABOVE 11000 FEET. WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS MAY
CONTINUE WELL INTO THE WEEKEND...POSSIBLY PRODUCING SNOW
ACCUMULATION AS LOW AS THE SUMMIT OF HALEAKALA ON MAUI...THOUGH
THIS OUTCOME IS NOT EXPECTED. ANYONE ON OR NEAR 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
1213 AM HST FRI MAR 31 2006

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

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

SNOW ACCUMULATION OF UP TO 4 INCHES IS POSSIBLE BY LATE FRIDAY.
IN ADDITION...FREEZING FOG OVER THE SUMMITS WILL PRODUCE ICE ON
ROADS AND OTHER SURFACES.

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT SNOW AND ICY CONDITIONS WILL
MAKE TRAVEL DIFFICULT. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED
VISIBILITY. DRIVE WITH CAUTION.

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