High Wind Watch
URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ANCHORAGE AK 400 PM AKST THU JAN 15 2009 AKZ161-161400- /X.NEW.PAFC.HW.A.0002.090116T1700Z-090117T0200Z/ BRISTOL BAY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...KING SALMON...DILLINGHAM...NAKNEK... PILOT POINT 400 PM AKST THU JAN 15 2009 ...HIGH WIND WATCH IN EFFECT FROM FRIDAY MORNING THROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOON... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ANCHORAGE HAS ISSUED A HIGH WIND WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM FRIDAY MORNING THROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOON. A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM MOVING IN FROM THE NORTH PACIFIC WILL BRING STRONG WINDS TO BRISTOL BAY. WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO REACH 40 TO 60 MPH WITH POSSIBLE GUSTS TO 80 MPH. STRONGEST WINDS WILL BE IN CHANNELED AREAS. A HIGH WIND WATCH MEANS THERE IS THE POTENTIAL FOR A HAZARDOUS HIGH WIND EVENT. PEOPLE ARE ENCOURAGED TO CLOSELY MONITOR THIS WEATHER SITUATION. PREPARATION FOR THIS POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS WEATHER EVENT SHOULD BEGIN NOW. $$
URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HONOLULU HI 707 AM HST THU JAN 15 2009 ...DAMAGING SOUTHWESTERLY WIND GUSTS POSSIBLE TONIGHT AND FRIDAY ON KAUAI AND OAHU... ...STRONG WESTERLY WINDS ACROSS MAUI AND BIG ISLAND SUMMITS... .GUSTY SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE TONIGHT ON KAUAI AND OAHU AS A STRONG COLD FRONT APPROACHES FROM THE NORTHWEST. THE WINDS WILL BE STRONGEST AHEAD OF AND ALONG THE FRONT WHICH WILL SWEEP ACROSS KAUAI FRIDAY MORNING AND OAHU MID DAY FRIDAY. THE MAIN AREAS OF CONCERN WILL BE OVER THE HIGH TERRAIN AND COMMUNITIES TO THE NORTH AND EAST OF THE HIGH TERRAIN WHICH ARE PRONE TO GUSTY DOWNSLOPE WINDS. IN ADDITION...STRONG WINDS WILL PERSIST ACROSS THE SUMMITS OF MAUNA KEA AND MAUNA LOA ON THE BIG ISLAND AND ACROSS HALEAKALA ON MAUI. HIZ001>011-160215- /O.CON.PHFO.HW.A.0001.090116T0400Z-090117T0200Z/ NIIHAU-KAUAI WINDWARD-KAUAI LEEWARD-KAUAI MOUNTAINS- OAHU SOUTH SHORE-WAIANAE COAST-OAHU NORTH SHORE-OAHU KOOLAU- OLOMANA-CENTRAL OAHU-WAIANAE MOUNTAINS- 707 AM HST THU JAN 15 2009 ...HIGH WIND WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM HST THIS EVENING THROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOON... A HIGH WIND WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM HST THIS EVENING THROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOON. WINDS ON KAUAI AND OAHU WILL GRADUALLY INCREASE TODAY...WITH WIND GUSTS OF 50 TO 60 MPH POSSIBLE TONIGHT AND FRIDAY. THE STRONGEST WIND GUSTS ARE EXPECTED OVER THE HIGH TERRAIN AND ACROSS COMMUNITIES NORTH AND EAST OF HIGH TERRAIN. A HIGH WIND WATCH MEANS THERE IS THE POTENTIAL FOR A HAZARDOUS HIGH WIND EVENT. SUSTAINED WINDS OF AT LEAST 40 MPH...OR GUSTS OF 58 MPH ARE POSSIBLE...BUT NOT YET CERTAIN. CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS. $$ WROE