FNUS70 PHFO 071510 FWSHFO SPOT FORECAST FOR PUUOO WEST FLANK FIRE...NPS NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HONOLULU HI 510 AM HST SUN AUG 7 2011 FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 1629 HST ON AUGUST 05. IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. .DISCUSSION...ENHANCED SHOWERS THIS MORNING ARE DUE TO A CLOUD AREA MOVING FROM EAST TO WEST OVER THE BIG ISLAND. EXPECT THESE SHOWERS TO DECREASE AS THE DAY WEARS ON. HEADING INTO THIS AFTERNOON AND INTO MONDAY...EXPECT SHOWERS TO BE MORE TYPICAL OF A TRADE WIND PATTERN WITH MORE SHOWERS AROUND OVERNIGHT AND IN THE MORNING HOURS...WITH FEWER SHOWERS DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING. RAINFALL AMOUNTS SHOULD LESSEN AFTER TODAY. .TODAY... SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY SUNNY. NUMEROUS SHOWERS IN THE MORNING...THEN SCATTERED SHOWERS IN THE AFTERNOON. MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 78. MIN HUMIDITY........67 PERCENT. CHANCE OF PCPN......70 PERCENT. MIXING HEIGHT.......4200 FT AGL. 20-FOOT WINDS.......NORTHEAST WINDS 11 TO 13 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 25 MPH. TRANSPORT WINDS.....EAST AROUND 17 MPH. LAL.................1. EYE LEVEL WINDS.....NORTHEAST WINDS 11 TO 13 MPH. .TONIGHT... SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY. SCATTERED SHOWERS IN THE EVENING...THEN NUMEROUS SHOWERS AFTER MIDNIGHT. MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 59. MAX HUMIDITY........100 PERCENT. CHANCE OF PCPN......50 PERCENT. MIXING HEIGHT.......4200-4300 FT AGL. 20-FOOT WINDS.......NORTH WINDS AROUND 11 MPH. TRANSPORT WINDS.....EAST AROUND 17 MPH. LAL.................1. EYE LEVEL WINDS.....NORTH WINDS AROUND 11 MPH. .MONDAY... SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY SUNNY. NUMEROUS SHOWERS IN THE MORNING...THEN SCATTERED SHOWERS IN THE AFTERNOON. MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 78. MIN HUMIDITY........66 PERCENT. CHANCE OF PCPN......60 PERCENT. MIXING HEIGHT.......4200-4300 FT AGL. 20-FOOT WINDS.......NORTHEAST WINDS 10 TO 11 MPH. TRANSPORT WINDS.....EAST AROUND 17 MPH. LAL.................1. EYE LEVEL WINDS.....NORTHEAST WINDS 10 TO 11 MPH. $$ FORECASTER...M BALLARD REQUESTED BY...KEN FREUND TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE .TAG 20110807.PUUOO.01/HFO