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SPOT FORECAST FOR MAUNA KEA FIRE 33...DLNR-DOFAW
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HONOLULU HI
1130 AM HST THU AUG 26 2010

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 2213 HST ON AUGUST 25.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...
THE DRY AND STABLE ATMOSPHERIC CONDITIONS WILL PERSIST IN
THE VICINITY OF THE WILDFIRE TODAY THROUGH FRIDAY. BACKGROUND
TRADE WINDS WILL GRADUALLY INCREASE THROUGH TONIGHT...WITH STRONGER
AND GUSTY TRADES EXPECTED ON FRIDAY. WINDS IN THE VICINITY OF THE
FIRE AREA WILL BE MODIFIED BY LOCAL TERRAIN INFLUENCES AND VARIABLE
SOLAR HEATING RATES...RESULTING IN GUSTY UPSLOPE WINDS DURING THE
LATE MORNING AND AFTERNOON HOURS...FOLLOWED BY RELATIVELY LIGHTER
...DOWNSLOPE WINDS DEVELOPING DUE TO RADIATIONAL COOLING AT NIGHT.
NO SIGNIFICANT RAINFALL IS EXPECTED AT THE SITE.

.REST OF TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 72.
MIN HUMIDITY........30 PERCENT.
CHANCE OF PCPN......LESS THAN 10 PERCENT.
MIXING HEIGHT.......3000 - 4000 FT AGL.
20-FOOT WINDS.......SOUTHEAST WINDS 11 TO 14 MPH WITH GUSTS OF
                    20 TO 25 MPH.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....EAST AROUND 10 MPH.
LAL.................1.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....SOUTHEAST WINDS 8 TO 11 MPH WITH GUSTS OF
                    18 TO 22 MPH.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLEAR.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 52.
MAX HUMIDITY........80 PERCENT.
CHANCE OF PCPN......LESS THAN 10 PERCENT.
MIXING HEIGHT.......3000 - 4000 FT AGL.
20-FOOT WINDS.......NORTH WINDS 6 TO 11 MPH.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....EAST AROUND 11 MPH.
LAL.................1.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....NORTH WINDS 4 TO 9 MPH.

.FRIDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 71.
MIN HUMIDITY........30 PERCENT.
CHANCE OF PCPN......10 PERCENT.
MIXING HEIGHT.......3000 - 4000 FT AGL.
20-FOOT WINDS.......SOUTHEAST WINDS 13 TO 16 MPH WITH GUSTS
                    OF 25 TO 30 MPH.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....EAST AROUND 12 MPH.
LAL.................1.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....SOUTHEAST WINDS 10 TO 14 MPH WITH GUSTS
                    OF 22 TO 26 MPH.

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FORECASTER...HUI/WROE
REQUESTED BY...LISA HADWAY LYMAN PERRY
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20100825.MAUNA.03/HFO