URGENT – FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HONOLULU HI
331 PM HST THU SEP 3 2009

NIIHAU-KAUAI LEEWARD-OAHU SOUTH SHORE-WAIANAE COAST- OAHU NORTH SHORE-CENTRAL OAHU-WAIANAE MOUNTAINS-MOLOKAI LEEWARD- LANAI MAKAI-LANAI MAUKA-KAHOOLAWE-MAUI LEEWARD WEST- MAUI CENTRAL VALLEY-LEEWARD HALEAKALA-KONA-SOUTH BIG ISLAND- KOHALA-
331 PM HST THU SEP 3 2009

…FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN EFFECT FROM FRIDAY MORNING THROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOON…

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HONOLULU HAS ISSUED A FIRE WEATHER WATCH…WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM FRIDAY MORNING THROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOON.

BREEZY AND GUSTY TRADE WINDS COMBINED WITH WARM AND DRY WEATHER WILL CREATE THE POTENTIAL FOR CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ACROSS LEEWARD PORTIONS OF ALL ISLANDS FRIDAY MID MORNING THROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOON.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…

A FIRE WEATHER WATCH MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE FORECAST TO OCCUR. A FIRE WEATHER WATCH DOES NOT PREDICT NEW FIRE STARTS. LISTEN FOR LATER FORECASTS AND POSSIBLE RED FLAG WARNINGS.