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URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HONOLULU HI
407 AM HST THU MAR 30 2006

...HEAVY SNOW AND STRONG WIND POSSIBLE FOR BIG ISLAND SUMMITS...

.ALTHOUGH THE FULL POTENTIAL OF THE PRESENT SITUATION TO BRING
HEAVY SNOW TO HIGHER ELEVATIONS OF THE BIG ISLAND HAS YET TO BE
REALIZED...THE COMBINATION OF A COLD UPPER-LEVEL LOW WITH A
SURFACE TROUGH AND PLENTIFUL ATMOSPHERIC MOISTURE THREATENS
SIGNIFICANT WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS THERE FROM FRIDAY INTO THE
WEEKEND. ALTHOUGH SOME SNOW MAY FALL OVER HIGHER ELEVATIONS OF
HALEAKALA...MOST PRECIPITATION THERE IS EXPECTED TOP FALL AS
RAIN...PREVENTING MUCH SNOW ACCUMULATION.

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BIG ISLAND SUMMITS-
INCLUDING THE CITY OF...MAUNA LOA AND MAUNA KEA ABOVE 8000 FEET
407 AM HST THU MAR 30 2006

...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED...
...WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT THROUGH FRIDAY EVENING...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HONOLULU HAS ISSUED A WINTER
STORM WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT THROUGH FRIDAY EVENING. THE
WINTER STORM WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. 

SNOW ACCUMULATION MAY REACH 6 TO 12 INCHES OVER THE WEEKEND...
THOUGH LITTLE IS EXPECTED BEFORE FRIDAY AFTERNOON.

A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THAT SIGNIFICANT SNOW...SLEET...OR ICE
ACCUMULATIONS MAY POSSIBLY OCCUR...MAKING TRAVEL UNSAFE. MONITOR
THE LATEST FORECASTS FOR UPDATED INFORMATION.

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RYSHKO