HIGH SURF ADVISORY
Warning Issue Date: 406 PM HST FRI DEC 04 2009
...POWERFUL PACIFIC STORMS WILL PRODUCE LARGE NORTHWEST SWELLS
AND GIANT SURF ACROSS HAWAIIAN COASTAL WATERS OVER THE NEXT WEEK...
...HIGH SURF WARNING FOR NORTH AND WEST FACING SHORES OF NIIHAU
KAUAI OAHU MOLOKAI MAUI AND WEST FACING SHORES OF THE BIG
ISLAND...
...HIGH SURF ADVISORY FOR EAST FACING SHORES OF OAHU AND NORTHEAST
FACING SHORES OF THE BIG ISLAND...
.OVERVIEW...A SET OF VERY POWERFUL STORMS IN THE NORTH PACIFIC
WILL PRODUCE TWO SIGNIFICANT HIGH SURF EPISODES FOR THE NORTH AND
WEST FACING SHORES OF HAWAII OVER THE NEXT WEEK. THE FIRST
NORTHWEST SWELL WILL ARRIVE FRIDAY EVENING AND PEAK ON SATURDAY.
WHILE SURF FROM THE FIRST EPISODE IS EXPECTED TO FALL BELOW
WARNING LEVELS SUNDAY...A SECOND AND LARGER NORTHWEST SWELL WILL
ARRIVE SUNDAY NIGHT.
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OLOMANA-BIG ISLAND NORTH AND EAST-
405 PM HST FRI DEC 4 2009
...HIGH SURF ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM HST WEDNESDAY...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HONOLULU HAS ISSUED A HIGH SURF
ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM HST WEDNESDAY.
SURF ACROSS THE EAST FACING SHORES OF OAHU WILL START TO BUILD
FRIDAY EVENING AND REACH 5 TO 8 FEET ON SATURDAY. SURF ALONG THE
NORTHEAST FACING SHORES OF THE BIG ISLAND WILL START TO BUILD FRIDAY
EVENING AND REACH HEIGHTS OF 10 TO 18 FEET SATURDAY. SURF HEIGHTS WILL
REMAIN AT ADVISORY LEVELS SATURDAY NIGHT AND FALL BELOW ADVISORY
LEVELS SUNDAY. A SECOND AND SIGNIFICANTLY LARGER SWELL WILL ARRIVE
SUNDAY NIGHT AND PERSIST THROUGH WEDNESDAY.
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.
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TANABE
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