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URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HONOLULU HI
236 PM HST WED JAN 29 2025
...WINTER WEATHER WATCH FOR THE SUMMITS OF MAUNA KEA AND MAUNA LOA
THURSDAY MORNING THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING...
.A STRONG WINTER LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL BRING THE POTENTIAL FOR
SNOW AND ICE TO THE SUMMITS OF THE BIG ISLAND.
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BIG ISLAND SUMMITS-
236 PM HST WED JAN 29 2025
...WINTER STORM WATCH NOW IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY MORNING THROUGH
FRIDAY MORNING...
* WHAT...PERIODS OF HEAVY SNOW AND ICE ACCUMULATIONS. SNOW
ACCUMULATIONS RANGING FROM 4 TO 8 INCHES POSSIBLE. A LIGHT GLAZE
OF ICE IS ALSO POSSIBLE ON WET SURFACES AS TEMPERATURES DROP BELOW
FREEZING.
* WHERE...BIG ISLAND SUMMITS.
* WHEN...FROM THURSDAY MORNING THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING.
* IMPACTS...TRAVEL COULD BE VERY DIFFICULT TO IMPOSSIBLE. BLOWING
SNOW WILL SIGNIFICANTLY REDUCE VISIBILITY AT TIMES, WITH PERIODS
OF ZERO VISIBILITY.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT SNOW
OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS THAT MAY IMPACT THE SUMMITS. ANYONE PLANNING
TRAVEL TO THE SUMMITS, INCLUDING HIKERS AND CAMPERS, SHOULD MONITOR
THE LATEST FORECASTS AND CONSIDER POSTPONING THEIR TRIP UNTIL
IMPROVED WEATHER RETURNS.
AHUE
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