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SPOT FORECAST FOR MOLOKAI FIRE - KAUNAKAKAI
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HONOLULU HI
236 PM HST SAT SEP 5 2009

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

.DISCUSSION...MODERATE TRADE WINDS WILL PERSIST OVER THE BURN
AREA THROUGH THE HOLIDAY WEEKEND WITH A GRADUAL WEAKENING TREND
EXPECTED NEXT WEEK. VERY DRY AND STABLE WEATHER WILL PERSIST
THIS AFTERNOON...JUST BELOW CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS. AN
AREA OF CLOUDS AND SHOWERS MOVING ALONG THE TRADE WIND FLOW WILL
PROVIDE A SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS WITH SLIGHTLY HIGHER RH VALUES
OVER LOWER PORTIONS OF THE BURN AREA LATE TONIGHT AND SUNDAY
MORNING. DRY CONDITIONS WILL SETTLE BACK OVER THE AREA LATER
SUNDAY AND MONDAY.


.REST OF TODAY...
SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 88.
MIN HUMIDITY........45 PERCENT.
20-FOOT WINDS.......NORTHEAST AROUND 15 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 30 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......4500 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....EAST AROUND 20 MPH.

.TONIGHT...
SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLEAR BECOMING PARTLY CLOUDY WITH A
                    SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS LATE.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 74.
MAX HUMIDITY........80 PERCENT.
20-FOOT WINDS.......NORTHEAST 10 TO 12 MPH IN THE EVENING DECREASING
                    TO 6 TO 8 MPH LATE.
MIXING HEIGHT.......4500 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....EAST AROUND 20 MPH.

.SUNDAY...
SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY WITH A SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS IN
                    THE MORNING BECOMING MOSTLY SUNNY BY NOON.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 87.
MIN HUMIDITY........50 PERCENT.
20-FOOT WINDS.......NORTHEAST AROUND 8 MPH IN THE MORNING INCREASING
                    TO 12 MPH AFTER NOON.
MIXING HEIGHT.......5000 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....EAST 15 TO 20 MPH.


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FORECASTER...WROE
REQUESTED BY...MAUI FIRE DEPT
REASON FOR REQUEST...WILDFIRE