I guess NYS is not the place to be for a White Christmas: Blizzard Warning URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HONOLULU HI 355 PM HST TUE DEC 23 2014 ...BLIZZARD WARNING FOR THE SUMMITS OF MAUNA KEA AND MAUNA LOA... .DEVELOPING LOW PRESSURE ALOFT TO THE WEST OF THE BIG ISLAND WILL CONTINUE TO DRAW DEEP MOISTURE OVER THE SUMMITS TONIGHT... LEADING TO PERIODS OF HEAVY SNOW AND LOW VISIBILITY ON THE HIGH SUMMITS. WINDS HAVE BEEN SLOW TO INCREASE BUT WILL STRAIGHTEN RAPIDLY OVERNIGHT. WHILE SNOW CHANCES WILL DIMINISH ON WEDNESDAY...VERY STRONG WINDS WILL CONTINUE...POSSIBLY THROUGH WEDNESDAY NIGHT. HIZ028-241400- /O.CON.PHFO.BZ.W.0001.000000T0000Z-141225T0400Z/ BIG ISLAND SUMMITS- 355 PM HST TUE DEC 23 2014 ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM HST WEDNESDAY... A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM HST WEDNESDAY. * LOCATIONS...MAUNA KEA AND MAUNA LOA ABOVE 11500 FEET. * HAZARD TYPES...VERY STRONG WINDS AND BITTERLY COLD WIND CHILLS. HEAVY SNOW...BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW...AND LIGHTNING STRIKES. * ACCUMULATIONS...UP TO 8 INCHES THROUGH WEDNESDAY...WITH HIGHER DRIFTS. * TIMING...THROUGH WEDNESDAY. * IMPACTS...EXTREMELY HAZARDOUS AND POTENTIALLY LIFE-THREATENING CONDITIONS FOR ANYONE ATTEMPTING TO DRIVE OR HIKE TO THE SUMMITS. * WINDS...SOUTH INCREASING TO 45 TO 65 MPH WITH GUSTS OVER 90 MPH. * TEMPERATURES...UPPER 20S TO LOWER 30S. * VISIBILITIES...BELOW ONE QUARTER MILE IN HEAVY SNOW SHOWERS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE.
Posted on: Wed, 24 Dec 2014 07:04:49 +0000
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