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URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HONOLULU HI
852 AM HST SUN DEC 3 2006

...ICY CONDITIONS ON THE BIG ISLAND SUMMITS THROUGH NOON...

.FREEZING TEMPERATURES AND FOG WILL COMBINE TO CONTINUE ICY
CONDITIONS AT THE SUMMITS...MAINLY ABOVE 13000 FEET FOR THE
REMAINDER OF THE MORNING. 

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BIG ISLAND SUMMITS-
INCLUDING THE CITY OF...MAUNA LOA AND MAUNA KEA ABOVE 8000 FEET
852 AM HST SUN DEC 3 2006

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON HST TODAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HONOLULU HAS EXTENDED THE WINTER
WEATHER ADVISORY UNTIL NOON.

LATEST OBSERVATIONS FROM THE MAUNA KEA SUMMIT ABOVE 13000 FEET
INDICATE A LITTLE LIGHT SNOW IS FALLING ALONG WITH FREEZING
FOG...CREATING ICY AND HAZARDOUS CONDITIONS AT THE SUMMIT. THE
MAUNA KEA ACCESS ROAD TO THE SUMMIT REMAINS CLOSED TO THE PUBLIC 
AT THE VISITORS CENTER. CONDITIONS SHOULD START TO IMPROVE BY
NOON WHEN TEMPERATURES AT THE SUMMIT PUSH ABOVE FREEZING.

HOWEVER MELTING OF SNOW AND CONTINUED PATCHY FOG MAY AGAIN CREATE
ICY CONDITIONS THIS EVENING AND OVERNIGHT WHEN TEMPERATURES FALL
BELOW FREEZING.

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