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SPOT FORECAST FOR PRESIDENTS DAY...NATIONAL PARK SERVICE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HONOLULU HI
1005 AM HST TUE AUG 11 2009

FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 0945 HST ON AUGUST 11.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...
A WEAKENING TROPICAL DEPRESSION FELICIA WILL PASS JUST NORTH OF
THE VOLCANO AREA TODAY THEN MOVE WEST OF MAUI OVERNIGHT. WITH
FELICIA TO THE NORTH...DRY SOUTHWEST SURFACE AND TRANSPORT WINDS
WILL PERSIST TODAY. SURFACE WINDS WILL BECOME LIGHT AND VARIABLE
OVERNIGHT WITH DOWNSLOPE WINDS DEVELOPING AND POSSIBLY SENDING
VOLCANIC EMISSIONS TOWARD THE HILO VICINITY. AS FELICIA MOVES OFF
TO THE WEST ON WEDNESDAY...SOUTHEASTERLY WINDS WILL PREVAIL OVER
THE VOLCANO AREA.

.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLEAR THIS MORNING BECOMING PARTLY
                    CLOUDY THIS AFTERNOON.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 75.
MIN HUMIDITY........50 PERCENT.
CHANCE OF PCPN......10 PERCENT.
MIXING HEIGHT.......4800 FT AGL.
20-FOOT WINDS.......SOUTHWEST WINDS 9 TO 10 MPH.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHWEST AROUND 15 MPH.
LAL.................1.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY IN THE EVENING THEN CLEARING.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 60.
MAX HUMIDITY........90 PERCENT.
CHANCE OF PCPN......10 PERCENT.
MIXING HEIGHT.......4800-5600 FT AGL.
20-FOOT WINDS.......SOUTH WINDS AROUND 9 MPH SHIFTING TO THE NORTH
                    AROUND 8 MPH AFTER MIDNIGHT.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTH AROUND 10 MPH.
LAL.................1.

.WEDNESDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY WITH ISOLATED SHOWERS IN THE
                    MORNING...THEN MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH SHOWERS LIKELY
                    IN THE AFTERNOON.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 71.
MIN HUMIDITY........71 PERCENT.
CHANCE OF PCPN......55 PERCENT.
MIXING HEIGHT.......4900-5600 FT AGL.
20-FOOT WINDS.......VARIABLE WINDS TO 5 MPH BECOMING SOUTHEAST 8 MPH BY NOON.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTH AROUND 9 MPH.
LAL.................1.

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FORECASTER...WROE
REQUESTED BY...NATIONAL PARK SERVICE
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 20090811.PRESI.01/HFO