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URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HONOLULU HI
349 PM HST TUE JAN 9 2007

...ICY ROADWAYS AND LIGHT SNOW ON 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 ALREADY ON THE GROUND. ALTHOUGH ONLY LIGHT SNOWFALL IS EXPECTED
OVERNIGHT...TEMPERATURES WILL DROP BELOW FREEZING...RESULTING IN
ICY ROADWAYS. THUS...THE ROAD TO THE SUMMIT IS CLOSED TO THE
PUBLIC...AND THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY HAS BEEN EXTENDED.

HIZ028-101500-
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BIG ISLAND SUMMITS-
INCLUDING THE CITY OF...MAUNA LOA AND MAUNA KEA ABOVE 8000 FEET
349 PM HST TUE JAN 9 2007

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM HST
WEDNESDAY...

A MOIST AIR MASS COMBINED WITH BELOW FREEZING TEMPERATURES WILL
LIKELY RESULT IN ICY ROADWAYS ON THE BIG ISLAND SUMMITS OVERNIGHT. 

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINTRY WEATHER WILL CAUSE
TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. OBSERVATORY PERSONNEL SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR
SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE
DRIVING.

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