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URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HONOLULU HI
341 AM HST SUN JAN 7 2007

...KONA LOW WILL BRING SNOW TO THE BIG ISLAND SUMMITS...

.A KONA LOW DEVELOPING TO THE NORTHWEST OF THE STATE IS EXPECTED
TO APPROACH KAUAI BY MONDAY MORNING. HOWEVER...A STREAM OF UNSTABLE
CLOUDS PULLED UP FROM THE SOUTHEAST BY THIS SYSTEM WILL BRING
INCREASING PRECIPITATION BY LATE TODAY...AND OVER THE SUMMITS SOME
OF THIS PRECIPITATION WILL FALL AS SNOW.

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BIG ISLAND SUMMITS-
INCLUDING THE CITY OF...MAUNA LOA AND MAUNA KEA ABOVE 8000 FEET
341 AM HST SUN JAN 7 2007

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO
6 PM HST WEDNESDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HONOLULU HAS ISSUED A WINTER
WEATHER ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO
6 PM HST WEDNESDAY. 

SNOW ACCUMULATION IS EXPECTED TO REACH 3 TO 5 INCHES OVER MOST OF
THE SUMMITS...THOUGH PERIODS OF RAIN MAY OCCUR AT TIMES TOO. ANY
RAIN THAT FALLS MAY THEN FREEZE INTO ICE...MAKING SURFACES
SLIPPERY. ALSO...BY TUESDAY THE WIND AT THE SUMMITS WILL INCREASE
TO 20 TO 30 MPH WITH STRONGER GUSTS FROM THE SOUTH...ADDING TO THE
POTENTIAL HAZARDS.

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR
FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR
SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITY. ALTHOUGH THIS EVENT IS NOT
EXPECTED TO BE LIFE-THREATENING...CARELESS BEHAVIOR IN THESE
CONDITIONS COULD LEAD TO INJURY OR DEATH.

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RYSHKO