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SPOT FORECAST FOR MAUNA KEA FIRE 33...DLNR-DOFAW
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HONOLULU HI
344 PM HST WED AUG 25 2010

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 1328 HST ON AUGUST 25.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...
DRY AND STABLE ATMOSPHERIC CONDITIONS WILL PERSIST FOR TONIGHT
AND THURSDAY. TRADE WINDS WILL LIGHTEN UP SLIGHTLY OVERNIGHT AS
MINIMUM RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES RISE. NO SIGNIFICANT RAINFALL IS
EXPECTED AT THIS ELEVATION. TRADE WINDS WILL BE ON THE INCREASE
THURSDAY BECOMING QUITE VARIABLE AT TIMES AS THEY FLUCTUATE WITH
THE LEEWARD UPSLOPE FLOW DURING THE WARMER HOURS OF THE LATE
MORNING AND AFTERNOON. OVERNIGHT WINDS WILL BECOME VARIABLE
OSCILLATING BETWEEN LIGHT EASTERLY TRADES AND NORTHEAST DOWNSLOPE
WINDS COMING OFF MAUNA KEA SUMMIT.

.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY SUNNY.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 74.
MIN HUMIDITY........50 PERCENT.
CHANCE OF PCPN......10 PERCENT.
MIXING HEIGHT.......1500-2000 FT AGL.
20-FOOT WINDS.......WEST WINDS 11 TO 14 MPH GUSTING TO
                    20 TO 25 MPH UNTIL 1800 HOURS.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....EAST AROUND 9 MPH.
LAL.................1.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....WEST WINDS 8 TO 12 MPH GUSTING TO
                    15 TO 20 MPH UNTIL 1800 HOURS.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLEAR.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 48.
MAX HUMIDITY........90 PERCENT.
CHANCE OF PCPN......10 PERCENT.
MIXING HEIGHT.......8300 FT AGL.
20-FOOT WINDS.......EAST WINDS 6 TO 9 MPH.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHEAST AROUND 10 MPH.
LAL.................1.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....EAST WINDS 4 TO 7 MPH.

.THURSDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLEAR...BECOMING PARTLY SUNNY
                    IN THE AFTERNOON.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 73.
MIN HUMIDITY........50 PERCENT.
CHANCE OF PCPN......10 PERCENT.
MIXING HEIGHT.......1500-2000 FT AGL.
20-FOOT WINDS.......SOUTHEAST WINDS 6 TO 9 MPH IN THE
                    MORNING...BECOMING WEST TO SOUTHWEST
                    10 TO 15 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 20 MPH AFTER
                    1000 HOURS.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....EAST AROUND 10 MPH.
LAL.................1.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....SOUTHEAST WINDS 4 TO 7 MPH IN THE MORNING
                    BECOMING WEST TO SOUTHWEST 8 TO 12 MPH WITH
                    GUSTS TO 15 TO 20 MPH AFTER 1000 HOURS.

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FORECASTER...DEJESUS
REQUESTED BY...LISA HADWAY LYMAN PERRY
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20100825.MAUNA.02/HFO