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SPOT FORECAST FOR MOLOKAI - FOREST RESERVE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HONOLULU HI
732 AM HST THU SEP 3 2009

IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...PLEASE CONTACT
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...GUSTY TRADE WINDS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH FRIDAY WITH
WINDS EASING SLIGHTLY ON SATURDAY. AN AREA OF CLOUDS AND SHOWERS
THAT MOVED THROUGH OVERNIGHT WILL PERSIST OVER THE UPPER
ELEVATIONS OF THE BURN AREA EARLY THIS MORNING...BUT SUNNY DRY
CONDITIONS WILL PREVAIL BY NOON. DUE TO THIS MOISTURE...MIN RH
VALUES WILL BE SLIGHTLY HIGHER THAN YESTERDAY AND WILL BE JUST
ABOVE THE 45 PERCENT CRITICAL LEVEL. CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER
CONDITIONS MAY RETURN ON FRIDAY AS DRIER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED.


.TODAY...
SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY WITH ISOLATED SHOWERS IN THE
                    MORNING BECOMING MOSTLY SUNNY AFTER NOON.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 80.
MIN HUMIDITY........55 PERCENT.
20-FOOT WINDS.......NORTHEAST AROUND 8 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 25 MPH IN
                    THE MORNING THEN NORTHEAST AROUND 15 MPH WITH
                    GUSTS TO 35 MPH AFTER NOON.
MIXING HEIGHT.......5000 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....EAST AROUND 25 MPH.

.TONIGHT...
SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY WITH ISOLATED SHOWERS LATE.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 65.
MAX HUMIDITY........85 PERCENT.
20-FOOT WINDS.......EAST 7 TO 9 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 25 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......5000 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....EAST AROUND 30 MPH.

.FRIDAY...
SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 80.
MIN HUMIDITY........50 PERCENT.
20-FOOT WINDS.......NORTHEAST AROUND 8 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 25 MPH IN
                    THE MORNING THEN NORTHEAST AROUND 15 MPH WITH
                    GUSTS TO 35 MPH AFTER NOON.
MIXING HEIGHT.......5000 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....EAST AROUND 25 MPH.


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FORECASTER...WROE

REQUESTED BY...MAUI CIVIL DEFENSE
REASON FOR REQUEST...WILDFIRE