URGENT – WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HONOLULU HI
1149 AM HST FRI DEC 4 2009

…HIGH WIND WARNING FOR BIG ISLAND SUMMITS… …WIND ADVISORY FOR THE SUMMIT OF HALEAKALA…

.STRONG SOUTHWEST WINDS CONTINUE TO BLOW OVER THE BIG ISLAND AND HALEAKALA SUMMITS. WINDS WILL SUBSIDE LATER TODAY AS THE FRONT WEAKENS.

HALEAKALA SUMMIT-
1149 AM HST FRI DEC 4 2009

…WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT NOON HST TODAY…

THE WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT NOON HST TODAY.

WINDS HAVE DECREASED BELOW WIND ADVISORY CRITERIA AND ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE TO TREND DOWNWARD OVER THE HALEAKALA SUMMIT.

BIG ISLAND SUMMITS-
1149 AM HST FRI DEC 4 2009

…HIGH WIND WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM HST THIS EVENING…

THE HIGH WIND WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM HST THIS EVENING.

WEST TO SOUTHWEST WINDS ACROSS THE BIG ISLAND SUMMITS CONTINUE TO BE 40 TO 50 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS EARLY THIS MORNING. THE WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO DECREASE LATER TODAY.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…

A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS A HAZARDOUS HIGH WIND EVENT IS EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OF AT LEAST 40 MPH OR GUSTS OF 58 MPH OR MORE CAN LEAD TO PROPERTY DAMAGE.