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URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HONOLULU HI
420 PM HST WED NOV 28 2007

...ACCUMULATING SNOW AT THE BIG ISLAND SUMMITS...

.AN UPPER LEVEL TROUGH JUST NORTHWEST OF KAUAI WILL MOVE SOUTHEAST
OF THE BIG ISLAND ON THURSDAY. CONVECTIVE SHOWERS AHEAD OF THIS
SYSTEM WILL AFFECT THE BIG ISLAND THROUGH THURSDAY. COLD MID-LEVEL
AIR ASSOCIATED WITH THE UPPER TROUGH HAS LOWERED THE FREEZING
LEVEL AND HELPED TO REMOVE THE STABLE TEMPERATURE INVERSION...
WHICH HAS ALLOWED SHOWERS TO REACH THE SUMMITS. TEMPERATURES WILL
HOVER AROUND FREEZING TONIGHT...ALLOWING SCATTERED SNOW SHOWERS TO
ACCUMULATE...WITH 2 TO 5 INCHES POSSIBLE. 

HIZ028-291530-
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BIG ISLAND SUMMITS-
INCLUDING THE CITY OF...MAUNA LOA AND MAUNA KEA ABOVE 8000 FEET
420 PM HST WED NOV 28 2007

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 12 PM HST THURSDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HONOLULU HAS ISSUED A WINTER
WEATHER ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 12 PM HST THURSDAY. 

SNOW SHOWERS MAY BRING 2 TO 5 INCHES OF ACCUMULATION...MAINLY
DURING TONIGHT. PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED TO DIMINISH ON THURSDAY
MORNING.

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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