030 WWHW40 PHFO 060106 WSWHFO URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HONOLULU HI 306 PM HST WED DEC 5 2007 HIZ028-060915- /O.UPG.PHFO.BZ.A.0001.071206T0400Z-071206T1600Z/ /O.NEW.PHFO.BZ.W.0001.071206T0400Z-071206T1600Z/ BIG ISLAND SUMMIT- 306 PM HST WED DEC 5 2007 ...BLIZZARD WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 AM HST THURSDAY FOR THE SUMMITS OF MAUNA LOA AND MAUNA KEA... HIGH WINDS OF 50 TO 70 MPH AND HEAVY SNOW SHOWERS WILL CREATE BLIZZARD CONDITIONS AT THE SUMMITS TONIGHT. THIS WILL PRODUCE NEAR ZERO VISIBILITY IN BLOWING SNOW...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. LIGHTNING STRIKES WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE IN THE HEAVIEST SNOW SQUALLS. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 6 INCHES OR MORE ARE POSSIBLE...ALONG WITH SIGNIFICANT DRIFTING SNOW. TEMPERATURES WILL FALL INTO THE 20S... WITH WIND CHILLS AS LOW AS 5 TO 10 ABOVE OVERNIGHT. TRAVEL TO THE SUMMITS IS STRONGLY DISCOURAGED TONIGHT. A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS THAT BLIZZARD CONDITIONS ARE IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. $$ R BALLARD