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URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HONOLULU HI
622 AM HST SAT DEC 2 2006

...FIRST SNOWFALL OF THE SEASON ON THE BIG ISLAND SUMMITS CREATING
DANGEROUS DRIVING CONDITIONS...

.COLD TEMPERATURES AND DEEP MOISTURE OVER THE BIG ISLAND ARE
RESULTING IN LIGHT SNOWFALL AND ICY CONDITIONS ON THE SUMMITS...GENERALLY
ABOVE 13000 FEET.

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BIG ISLAND SUMMITS-
INCLUDING THE CITY OF...MAUNA LOA AND MAUNA KEA ABOVE 8000 FEET
622 AM HST SAT DEC 2 2006

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM HST THIS
AFTERNOON...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HONOLULU HAS ISSUED A WINTER
WEATHER ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM HST THIS
AFTERNOON. 

ABOUT ONE-HALF INCH OF SNOW HAS FALLEN OVERNIGHT AT LEVELS ABOVE
13000 FEET ON MAUNA KEA AND MAUNA LOA. THIS HAS RESULTED IN ICY
CONDITIONS ON THE MAUNA KEA ACCESS ROAD...AND THE MAUNA KEA
RANGERS REPORT THAT THE ROAD HAS BEEN CLOSED ABOVE 13000 FEET.

ADDITIONAL SNOWFALL OF 1 TO 3 INCHES IS EXPECTED THIS MORNING AND
POSSIBLY INTO EARLY THIS AFTERNOON.

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

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