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WWHW40 PHFO 060747
WSWHFO

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HONOLULU HI
947 PM HST WED DEC 5 2007

HIZ028-061600-
/O.CON.PHFO.BZ.W.0001.000000T0000Z-071206T1600Z/
BIG ISLAND SUMMITS-
INCLUDING THE CITY OF...MAUNA LOA AND MAUNA KEA ABOVE 8000 FEET
947 PM HST WED DEC 5 2007

...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM HST THURSDAY...

LINES OF CONVECTIVE SHOWERS ARE STILL EXPECTED TO AFFECT THE
SUMMIT AREA THROUGH EARLY THURSDAY MORNING...BRINGING HEAVY SNOW
SHOWERS AT TIMES. STRONG WINDS WITH GUSTS OVER 60 MPH HAVE BEEN
REPORTED OVER THE SUMMITS THIS EVENING AND WILL CONTINUE THROUGH
EARLY THURSDAY MORNING. THE COMBINATION OF THESE WEATHER PHENOMENON 
WILL PRODUCE NEAR ZERO VISIBILITY IN BLOWING SNOW...MAKING TRAVEL
EXTREMELY TREACHEROUS.

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 NOT RECOMMENDED FOR THE REST OF 
TONIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING.

A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS THAT BLIZZARD CONDITIONS ARE IMMINENT OR
OCCURRING.

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