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URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HONOLULU HI
330 PM HST FRI FEB 23 2007

...FREEZING DRIZZLE POSSIBLE OVER BIG ISLAND SUMMITS TONIGHT...

.MOIST AIR FORCED OVER UPPER ELEVATIONS OF THE BIG ISLAND...
TOGETHER WITH A FREEZING LEVEL OF AROUND 12000 FEET...WILL PERMIT
FREEZING DRIZZLE OR RIME ICING TO AFFECT THE BIG ISLAND SUMMITS
AND UPPER REACHES OF THE BIG ISLAND INTERIOR TONIGHT. ALTHOUGH
ACCUMULATION OF ICE IS NOT EXPECTED TO REACH EVEN ONE TENTH OF AN
INCH...A THIN CRUST IS ENOUGH TO MAKE ROADS AND OTHER SURFACES
SLIPPERY AND POTENTIALLY UNSAFE. LIGHT SHOWERS OF SNOW MAY ADD TO
THE OVERALL ACCUMULATION...AND LIGHT RAIN MAY CREATE POOLS OF
MELTWATER WHICH MAY REFREEZE LATER.

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BIG ISLAND INTERIOR-BIG ISLAND SUMMITS-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BRADSHAW FIELD...
SADDLE ROAD ABOVE 5000 FEET...
MAUNA LOA AND MAUNA KEA ABOVE 8000 FEET
330 PM HST FRI FEB 23 2007

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

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

LESS THAN ONE TENTH OF AN INCH OF FREEZING DRIZZLE AND RIME IS
EXPECTED TO ACCUMULATE...BUT POOLS OF FROZEN MELTWATER PRODUCED BY
BRIEF RAIN SHOWERS COULD BE DEEPER.

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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