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WWHW40 PHFO 071321
WSWHFO
URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HONOLULU HI
321 AM HST SAT FEB 7 2026
...WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FOR THE BIG ISLAND SUMMITS ABOVE
11000 FEET...
.A DISTURBANCE ALOFT IN COMBINATION WITH ABUNDANT MOISTURE COULD
BRING PERIODS OF HEAVY SNOWFALL TO THE BIG ISLAND SUMMITS OF MAUNA
KEA AND MAUNA LOA TONIGHT THROUGH MONDAY AFTERNOON.
HIZ028-080400-
/O.EXT.PHFO.WS.A.0002.260208T0400Z-260210T0400Z/
BIG ISLAND SUMMITS-
321 AM HST SAT FEB 7 2026
...WINTER STORM WATCH NOW IN EFFECT FROM THIS EVENING THROUGH MONDAY
AFTERNOON...
* WHAT...HEAVY SNOW POSSIBLE. STORM TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF
GREATER THAN 12 INCHES POSSIBLE. WINDS COULD GUST AS HIGH AS 45
MPH.
* WHERE...BIG ISLAND SUMMITS.
* WHEN...FROM THIS EVENING THROUGH MONDAY AFTERNOON.
* 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.
JELSEMA
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