High Wind Watch - Oahu, Kauai - Jan 14-15

High Wind Watch

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