LSRHFO/ HAS BEEN
ISSUED HIGHLIGHTING SOME OF THE DAMAGE ON OAHU. A WIND ADVISORY HAD
BEEN IN EFFECT FOR MOST ISLANDS...BUT WAS JUST RECENTLY CANCELLED
FOR KAUAI AND OAHU...AS THE WINDS ARE TRENDING DOWN AND ARE NOT
EXPECTED TO INCREASE ABOVE ADVISORY LEVELS. THE PROXIMITY OF THE
BOUNDARY OVER MAUI COUNTY...ALTHOUGH WEAKER THAN EARLIER...IS THE
REASON FOR THE CONTINUATION OF THE WIND ADVISORY THERE. THE TROUGH
ALOFT IS BRINGING HIGH WINDS TO THE SUMMITS AND UPPER SLOPES ON MAUI
AND THE BIG ISLAND.

THE FORECAST CALLS FOR THE SURFACE LOW TO EXIT TO THE NE...WHILE
UPPER SUPPORT FOR THE SURFACE BOUNDARY NEAR THE ISLANDS WANES. A
FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR KAUAI AND OAHU...AND
ALTHOUGH THE THREAT OF HEAVY RAIN IS DIMINISHING...THE WATCH REMAINS
UP DUE TO THE SHOWER BAND ASSOCIATED WITH THE FRONT AND LINGERING
MOISTURE/INSTABILITY. ALTHOUGH SHOWERS...SOME HEAVY...ARE SPREADING
OVER PORTIONS OF MAUI COUNTY...THE THREAT OF FLASH FLOODING IS NOT
CONSIDERED GREAT ENOUGH FOR AN EXTENSION OF THE WATCH.

THE COLD FRONT...WHICH IS MARKED BY A WIND SHIFT FROM SOUTHWEST TO
NORTH...IS CURRENTLY PASSING ACROSS KAUAI...AND WILL PASS OVER BY
THIS EVENING...BEFORE IT REACHES MAUI COUNTY EARLY SATURDAY. THE
FRONT IS EXPECTED TO BE GRADUALLY WEAKENING BY THAT TIME...BUT A
SECONDARY SHORT WAVE TROUGH ALOFT COULD POSSIBLY RE-ACTIVATE THE
BOUNDARY FROM SATURDAY NIGHT INTO SUNDAY. THE LATEST GUIDANCE
CONTINUES TO INDICATE LOW LEVEL MOISTURE ASSOCIATED WITH THE FRONT
WILL SPREAD TO THE WINDWARD BIG ISLAND ON SUNDAY...WITH THE MOISTURE
DIMINISHING BY MONDAY...AS THE LOW LEVEL CONVERGENCE AND UPPER LEVEL
SUPPORT WEAKEN.

AS THE FRONT PASSES ACROSS ANY PARTICULAR ISLAND...EXPECT A WIND
SHIFT TO THE NORTH AND NORTHEAST...ALONG WITH A GRADUAL DRYING
TREND. THESE BREEZY NORTHEASTERLY WINDS WILL BE SUPPORTED BY HIGH
PRESSURE PASSING NORTH OF THE ISLANDS...WITH THE HIGH TRACKING
STEADILY EAST INTO EARLY NEXT WEEK. THEREFORE...THE BREEZY NORTHEAST
WINDS BEHIND THE FRONT WILL VEER TO THE MORE TYPICAL EAST NORTHEAST
TRADE WIND DIRECTION AND WEAKEN BY EARLY NEXT WEEK. ALSO EXPECT
TYPICAL TRADE WIND WEATHER FOR THE START OF THE WORK WEEK...
FOLLOWED BY POTENTIALLY WETTER TRADE WIND WEATHER LATER NEXT WEEK.

&&

.MARINE...
A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH TODAY FOR THE
COASTAL WATERS AROUND KAUAI OAHU AND MAUI...DUE TO THE LOCALLY
STRONG WINDS...AND COMBINED SEAS APPROACHING 10 FEET.

ALSO...A GALE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT TODAY FOR THE OFFSHORE
WATERS...AS GALE FORCE WINDS ARE OCCURRING IN ASSOCIATION WITH THE
DEVELOPING SURFACE LOW AND FRONT THAT TRACKS ACROSS A PORTION OF THE
OFFSHORE WATERS.

&&

.HFO WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
FLASH FLOOD WATCH THROUGH 600 PM HST THIS AFTERNOON FOR NIIHAU...
KAUAI AND OAHU.

WIND ADVISORY UNTIL NOON HST TODAY FOR MOLOKAI.

WIND ADVISORY UNTIL 6 PM HST TODAY FOR LANAI AND KAHOOLAWE AND MAUI.

HIGH WIND WARNING UNTIL 600 PM HST THIS AFTERNOON FOR BIG ISLAND
SUMMITS AND FOR MOUNT HALEAKALA SUMMIT.

SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY UNTIL 600 PM HST THIS AFTERNOON FOR KAUAI
NORTHWEST WATERS-KAUAI WINDWARD WATERS-KAUAI LEEWARD WATERS-KAUAI
CHANNEL- OAHU WINDWARD WATERS-OAHU LEEWARD WATERS-KAIWI CHANNEL-MAUI
COUNTY WINDWARD WATERS-MAUI COUNTY LEEWARD WATERS-PAILOLO
CHANNEL-ALENUIHAHA CHANNEL.

&&

$$