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URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HONOLULU HI
351 PM HST SAT DEC 2 2006

...LIGHT SNOW SHOWERS AND ICY CONDITIONS TO CONTINUE OVERNIGHT ON
THE BIG ISLAND SUMMITS OF MAUNA KEA AND MAUNA LOA...

.CONTINUED COLD TEMPERATURES AND MOISTURE IN THE FORM OF SNOW
SHOWERS WILL RESULT IN CONTINUED 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
351 PM HST SAT DEC 2 2006

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM HST SUNDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HONOLULU HAS ISSUED A WINTER
WEATHER ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM HST SUNDAY. 

WEB CAM OBSERVATIONS INDICATE THAT 1 TO 2 INCHES OF SNOW FELL ON
THE SUMMIT OF MAUNA KEA LATE THIS MORNING AND EARLY AFTERNOON.
ADDITIONAL SNOWFALL OVERNIGHT MAY ACCUMULATE ANOTHER INCH. WITH
TEMPERATURES DROPPING BELOW FREEZING OVERNIGHT...THE ROADS NEAR
THE TOP OF THE SUMMIT WILL BECOME ICY.

CLOUDS AND FOG WILL ALSO PRODUCE A THIN LAYER OF ICE. THESE
CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TO IMPROVE TOMORROW MORNING ONCE
TEMPERATURES RISE ABOVE FREEZING. UNTIL THEN...DRIVING CONDITIONS
WILL BE EXTREMELY HAZARDOUS AND THE ROAD TO MAUNA KEA REMAINS
CLOSED AT THE VISITOR INFORMATION CENTER.

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