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URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HONOLULU HI
754 AM HST TUE JAN 9 2007

...KONA LOW BRINGING A WINTRY MIX TO THE BIG ISLAND SUMMITS...

.A KONA LOW WEST OF THE ISLANDS HAS BROUGHT LIGHT SNOW TO THE
SUMMITS OF MAUNA KEA AND MAUNA LOA...WITH ONE TO TWO INCHES OF
SNOW BEING REPORTED BY RANGERS THIS MORNING. ADDITIONAL SNOW AND
RAIN FALL IS EXPECTED TODAY...AND THE ROAD AT THE SUMMIT IS CLOSED
TO THE PUBLIC. 

HIZ028-100400-
/O.NEW.PHFO.WW.Y.0002.070109T1754Z-070110T0400Z/
BIG ISLAND SUMMITS-
INCLUDING THE CITY OF...MAUNA LOA AND MAUNA KEA ABOVE 8000 FEET
754 AM HST TUE JAN 9 2007

...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. 

ANOTHER INCH OF SNOW IS POSSIBLE TODAY...THOUGH PERIODS OF RAIN
MAY OCCUR AS WELL. SOME SNOW MAY MELT TODAY AND THEN RE-FREEZE
OVERNIGHT TONIGHT...AND THIS WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MAY NEED TO
BE EXTENDED OVERNIGHT. 

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

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BIRCHARD