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SPOT FORECAST FOR PRESIDENTS DAY...NATIONAL PARK SERVICE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HONOLULU HI
820 AM HST FRI JAN 22 2010

FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 0825 HST ON JANUARY 22.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...A SURFACE RIDGE TO THE NORTH WILL MOVE OVER THE BIG
ISLAND LATE TONIGHT...PRODUCING LIGHT WINDS AND STABLE CONDITIONS OVER
THE VOLCANO AREA THROUGH THE WEEKEND. STABLE CONDITIONS WILL KEEP
VOLCANIC EMISSIONS TRAPPED BELOW 7000 FT...AND LIGHT WINDS WILL
CAUSE EMISSIONS TO STAGNATE IN THE VOLCANO VICINITY THROUGH THE
WEEKEND. SOUTHEAST WINDS WILL INCREASE ON MONDAY.

.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY IN THE MORNING THEN PARTLY CLOUDY
                    IN THE AFTERNOON.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 65.
MIN HUMIDITY........57 PERCENT.
MIXING HEIGHT.......3600-3700 FT AGL.
WIND (20 FT)........LIGHT AND VARIABLE WINDS BECOMING SOUTHEAST 5
                    MPH IN THE AFTERNOON.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHWEST AROUND 4 MPH.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 49.
MAX HUMIDITY........100 PERCENT.
MIXING HEIGHT.......3600 FT AGL.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHEAST WINDS AROUND 5 MPH IN THE EVENING
                    BECOMING NORTH AROUND 3 MPH AFTER MIDNIGHT.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....WEST AROUND 3 MPH.

.SATURDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 72.
MIN HUMIDITY........51 PERCENT.
MIXING HEIGHT.......3600-5000 FT AGL.
WIND (20 FT)........LIGHT AND VARIABLE WINDS BECOMING SOUTHEAST 5
                    MPH IN THE AFTERNOON.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....VARIABLE AROUND 5 MPH.

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FORECASTER...WROE
REQUESTED BY...HEIDI
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 20100122.PRESI.01/HFO