HIGH SURF ADVISORY
Warning Issue Date: 326 AM HST TUE DEC 01 2009
...HIGH SURF ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 6 AM HST
FRIDAY...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HONOLULU HAS ISSUED A HIGH SURF
ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 6 AM HST FRIDAY.
ALTHOUGH SURF WILL BE WELL BELOW ADVISORY LEVELS THIS MORNING...
A NEW NORTHWEST SWELL WILL BUILD THIS AFTERNOON INTO TONIGHT. SURF
HEIGHTS ALONG NORTH FACING SHORES WILL PEAK WITH HEIGHTS IN EXCESS
OF 20 FEET...WITH SURF ALONG WEST FACING SHORES REACHING HEIGHTS
IN EXCESS OF 12 FEET.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A HIGH SURF ADVISORY MEANS THAT HIGH SURF WILL AFFECT BEACHES IN
THE ADVISORY AREA...PRODUCING RIP CURRENTS AND LOCALIZED BEACH
EROSION. FORECAST SURF HEIGHTS ARE ESTIMATES OF THE HEIGHT OF THE
FACE...OR FRONT...OF WAVES.
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BIRCHARD
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