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URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HONOLULU HI
849 AM HST SAT MAR 21 2026
...A WINTER STORM WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM HST THIS
EVENING TO 6 PM HST SUNDAY FOR THE BIG ISLAND SUMMIMTS ABOVE 12000
FEET...
.A KONA STORM IS LIKELY TO BRING HEAVY SNOW AND STRONG WINDS TO THE
SUMMITS BEGINNING THIS EVENING AND LASTING THROUGH SUNDAY AFTERNOON.
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BIG ISLAND SUMMITS-
849 AM HST SAT MAR 21 2026
...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 PM HST
SUNDAY...
* WHAT...HEAVY SNOW POSSIBLE. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS UP TO 10
INCHES POSSIBLE. WINDS COULD GUST AS HIGH AS 70 MPH. LIGHT SNOW
MAY LINGER SUNDAY NIGHT INTO MONDAY.
* WHERE...BIG ISLAND SUMMITS.
* WHEN...FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 PM HST SUNDAY.
* 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 WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW, SLEET, AND
ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS
WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. ANY TRAVEL PLANS TO
THE SUMMITS SHOULD BE POSTPONED UNTIL THE THREAT DIMINISHES.
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