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

...SNOW AND ICY CONDITIONS EXPECTED OVER 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 SATURDAY
MORNING. THUS...HEAVY SNOWFALL IS UNLIKELY BEFORE THAT TIME.
HOWEVER...CLOUDS OVER THE SUMMITS WILL DEPOSIT ICE...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 READY FOR
POTENTIALLY HAZARDOUS WINTER WEATHER.

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BIG ISLAND SUMMITS-
INCLUDING THE CITY OF...MAUNA LOA AND MAUNA KEA ABOVE 8000 FEET
351 AM HST FRI MAR 31 2006

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM HST
SATURDAY...

THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY HAS BEEN EXTENDED UNTIL 4 AM HST
SATURDAY.

SNOW ACCUMULATION OF AROUND 4 INCHES IS POSSIBLE BY EARLY SATURDAY
MORNING. 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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RYSHKO