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FXHW60 PHFO 172020
AFDHFO
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HONOLULU HI
1000 AM HST SAT MAY 17 2008
.SYNOPSIS...HAZY SKIES AND LIGHT WINDS WILL CONTINUE OVER MOST OF
THE ISLANDS TODAY AS A RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE REMAINS OVER THE
WESTERN ISLANDS. THIS RIDGE WILL SHIFT NORTH ENOUGH BY SUNDAY FOR
ALLOWING THE LIGHT TRADE WINDS TO RETURN TO MOST AREA. THE RETURN
OF TRADE WINDS MAY BE SHORT LIVED AS THE RIDGE MAY MOVE BACK OVER
THE ISLANDS BY THE LATER PART OF NEXT WEEK.
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.DISCUSSION...TRADE WINDS ARE SLOWLY RETURNING TO OUR ISLANDS THIS
MORNING. LATEST SATELLITE IMAGERY SHOWS THE EASTERLY FLOW HAS
REACHED MAUI AND MOLOKAI...AT LEAST AT THE CLOUD LEVEL. DO EXPECT
THE EASTERLY TO SPREAD TO THE REST OF THE ISLANDS SLOWLY AS THE DAY
PROGRESSES. THE HIGH PRESSURE RIDGE THAT IS OVER THE ISLANDS FOR THE
PAST FEW DAYS IS FINALLY SHIFTING SLOWLY NORTH...ALLOWING THE TRADES
TO RETURN. IT WILL BE SLOW FOR THE HAZY CONDITIONS TO CLEAR THE REST
OF THE STATE THOUGH...AS THE RETURNING TRADES WILL REMAIN ON THE
LIGHTER SIDE.
AS THE TRADE WINDS RETURN...SO WILL THE TRADE WIND WEATHER. THUS
EXPECT A FEW MORE WINDWARD AND MOUNTAIN SHOWERS IN THE NEXT FEW
DAYS. FORECAST CHARTS INDICATE THE AIR MASS WILL REMAIN
STABLE...HENCE PRECIPITATION SHOULD REMAIN ON THE LIGHTER SIDE.
UNFORTUNATELY...IT LOOKS LIKE THE RETURN OF THE TRADES WILL BE SHORT
LIVED AS ANOTHER OUT OF SEASON FRONT PUSHES CLOSE TO THE STATE FROM
THE WEST DURING THE LATER PART OF THE COMING WEEK. IN TURN...A RIDGE
WILL ONCE AGAIN BE OVER THE STATE...BRINGING LIGHT SOUTHERLY WINDS
WITH LOCAL LAND AND SEA BREEZES DOMINATING THE WIND REGIME. IF THIS
SCENARIO PANS OUT...EXPECT THE HAZY CONDITIONS THAT PERSISTED FOR
THE PAST FEW DAYS TO RETURN AS WELL. WE SHALL SEE ABOUT THIS PENDING
FUTURE MODEL RUNS.
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.HFO WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
NONE.
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