FXHW60 PHFO 062050 CCA
AFDHFO

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HONOLULU HI
1100 AM HST SUN DEC 6 2009

.SYNOPSIS...
A WEAK COLD FRONT WILL MOVE TO KAUAI TONIGHT THEN DOWN THE ISLAND 
CHAIN TO MAUI COUNTY WHERE IT WILL DISSIPATE MONDAY. THE FRONT WILL 
BRING SOME SHOWERS TO THE ISLANDS. THE LIGHT AND VARIABLE WINDS WILL 
BECOME LIGHT OUT OF THE NORTHEAST BEHIND THE FRONT.

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.DISCUSSION...
A WEAK COLD FRONT WILL REACH KAUAI TONIGHT THEN DISSIPATE SOMEWHERE 
OVER MAUI COUNTY MONDAY. SHOWERS WILL ACCOMPANY THE FRONT...BUT THEY
SHOULD NOT AMOUNT TO MUCH. WINDS WILL SHIFT TO OUT OF THE NORTH THEN 
NORTHEAST BEHIND THE FRONT. A TRAILING HIGH WILL MOVE TO JUST NORTH 
OF THE ISLANDS TUESDAY...KEEPING THE TRADE WINDS LIGHT OUT OF THE 
NORTHEAST. THE HIGH WILL WEAKEN TO A RIDGE ON WEDNESDAY...SUPPORTING 
LIGHT EASTERLY TRADES THROUGH THURSDAY. THE TRADES MAY BE LIGHT 
ENOUGH TO ALLOW LOCAL SEA BREEZES TO SET UP WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY 
AFTERNOON.

ANOTHER FRONT WILL STALL AND DISSIPATE NORTH OF HAWAII BY FRIDAY. A 
HIGH TRAILING THE FRONT WILL MOVE NORTH OF HERE...MAINTAINING THE 
LIGHT TRADES INTO NEXT WEEKEND. AM NOT ANTICIPATING ANY HEAVY RAIN 
OR STRONG WINDS THIS WEEK.

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.MARINE...
SMALL FORERUNNERS OF THE NEXT LARGE SWELL REACHED BUOY ONE NORTHWEST 
OF KAUAI AT 8 AM HST. THESE RARE 27 SECOND PERIOD FORERUNNERS WILL 
REACH THE ISLANDS THIS AFTERNOON. SHORTER PERIOD SWELLS WITH MUCH 
HIGHER HEIGHTS WILL FILL IN TONIGHT...BRINGING DANGEROUSLY LARGE 
SURF TO THE ISLANDS BY MORNING. THE SURF WILL REMAIN AT WARNING 
LEVELS INTO WEDNESDAY...THEN SLOWLY LOWER THEREAFTER. HIGH SURF 
WARNINGS AND HIGH SURF ADVISORIES REMAIN IN EFFECT FOR MOST OF THE 
ISLANDS.

A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IS ALSO IN EFFECT FOR MOST COASTAL ZONES FOR 
THE LARGE NORTHWEST SWELL. 

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.HFO WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
HIGH SURF WARNING UNTIL 6 PM HST WEDNESDAY FOR NORTH AND WEST FACING 
SHORES OF NIIHAU...KAUAI...OAHU...MOLOKAI...AND MAUI...AND FOR WEST 
FACING SHORES OF THE BIG ISLAND. 

HIGH SURF ADVISORY UNTIL 6 PM HST WEDNESDAY FOR EAST FACING SHORES 
OF OAHU...AND FOR NORTHEAST FACING SHORES OF THE BIG ISLAND. 

SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY UNTIL 6 AM HST MONDAY FOR KAUAI NORTHWEST 
WATERS-KAUAI WINDWARD WATERS-KAUAI LEEWARD WATERS-KAUAI CHANNEL-OAHU 
WINDWARD WATERS-OAHU LEEWARD WATERS-KAIWI CHANNEL-MAUI COUNTY 
WINDWARD WATERS-MAUI COUNTY LEEWARD WATERS-ALENUIHAHA CHANNEL-BIG 
ISLAND WINDWARD WATERS.

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