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SPOT FORECAST FOR PRESIDENTS DAY...NATIONAL PARK SERVICE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HONOLULU HI
752 AM HST WED AUG 12 2009

FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 0755 HST ON AUGUST 12.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...
A TROUGH MARKING THE REMNANTS OF TROPICAL DEPRESSION FELICIA IS
CURRENTLY SITTING OVER WEST MAUI AND IS MOVING NORTHWEST SLOWLY.
SOUTHEAST WINDS WILL DOMINATE FOR THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS OVER THE
EASTERN END OF THE STATE AS THE TROUGH MOVES AWAY FROM THE BIG
ISLAND. THE SOUTHEAST FLOW WILL LEAD TO SOUTHERLY SEA BREEZES WITH
CLOUDS AND SOME SHOWERS DURING THE DAY AND LATE NIGHT LAND
BREEZES WITH PARTIAL CLEARING. UNDER THIS SCENARIO...EMISSIONS
WILL STAGNATE IN THE VOLCANO AREA...ALTHOUGH SOME EMISSIONS MAY
BRIEFLY AFFECT THE HILO AREA THIS MORNING.

.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY WITH SCATTERED SHOWERS LATE IN THE
                    MORNING...THEN MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH SHOWERS LIKELY
                    IN THE AFTERNOON.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 71.
MIN HUMIDITY........71 PERCENT.
CHANCE OF PCPN......60 PERCENT.
MIXING HEIGHT.......4800 FT AGL.
20-FOOT WINDS.......LIGHT WINDS BECOMING SOUTHEAST AROUND 7 MPH IN THE
                    AFTERNOON.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHEAST AROUND 7 MPH.
LAL.................1.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH SCATTERED SHOWERS IN THE
                    EVENING WITH PARTIAL CLEARING LATE.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 55.
MAX HUMIDITY........100 PERCENT.
CHANCE OF PCPN......40 PERCENT.
MIXING HEIGHT.......4800-5600 FT AGL.
20-FOOT WINDS.......SOUTHEAST WINDS AROUND 5 MPH SHIFTING TO THE NORTH
                    AROUND 5 MPH AFTER MIDNIGHT.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHEAST AROUND 8 MPH.
LAL.................1.

.THURSDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY WITH SCATTERED AFTERNOON SHOWERS.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 72.
MIN HUMIDITY........66 PERCENT.
CHANCE OF PCPN......40 PERCENT.
MIXING HEIGHT.......5000-5600 FT AGL.
20-FOOT WINDS.......EAST WINDS 5 TO 7 MPH.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....EAST AROUND 8 MPH.
LAL.................1.

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FORECASTER...WROE
REQUESTED BY...NATIONAL PARK SERVICE
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 20090812.PRESI.01/HFO