FZHW50 PHFO 312145
CWFHI
COASTAL WATERS FORECAST FOR HAWAII UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HONOLULU HI
12 PM HST SUN AUG 31 2003
HAWAIIAN COASTAL WATERS WITHIN 40 NAUTICAL MILES INCLUDING THE
HAWAIIAN ISLANDS HUMPBACK WHALE NATIONAL MARINE SANCTUARY
PHZ100-010400-
SYNOPSIS FOR HAWAIIAN COASTAL WATERS
12 PM HST SUN AUG 31 2003
..SYNOPSIS...HURRICANE JIMENA NEAR 320 NM EAST SOUTHEAST OF SOUTH POINT
BIG ISLAND IS MOVING WEST 17 KT...WILL PASS CLOSE TO SOUTH POINT BIG
ISLAND EARLY MONDAY MORNING. A RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE LOCATED FAR
NORTH OF HONOLULU WILL REMAIN NEARLY STATIONARY INTO MONDAY.
$$
PHZ150-010400-
HAWAIIAN COASTAL WATERS
12 PM HST SUN AUG 31 2003
....A TROPICAL STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE BIG ISLAND AND
ADJACENT COASTAL WATERS...
....A HURRICANE WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE BIG ISLAND AND ADJACENT
COASTAL WATERS...
....A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR WATERS EAST OF MOLOKAI
AND LANAI FOR STRENGTHENING TRADE WINDS...
....CAUTION IS ADVISED FOR REMAINING HAWAIIAN COASTAL WATERS FOR
MARGINAL WINDS AND SEAS...
....A HIGH SURF ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE SOUTH AND SOUTHEAST
FACING SHORES OF MAUI AND THE BIG ISLAND...
....SMALL CRAFT AT THE BIG ISLAND SHOULD REMAIN IN PORT...
....SEE CENTRAL PACIFIC HURRICANE CENTER ADVISORIES ON HURRICANE
JIMENA...
..THIS AFTERNOON...EASTERN BIG ISLAND...NORTHEAST WINDS INCREASING TO
25 TO 30 KT WITH SEAS BUILDING TO 10 TO 15 FT. AREA EAST OF MOLOKAI
AND LANAI...NORTHEAST WINDS INCREASING TO 20 TO 25 KT WITH SEAS
BUILDING TO 6 TO 10 FT. ELSEWHERE...EAST AND NORTHEAST WINDS 15 TO 20
KT WITH SEAS 4 TO 7 FT. INCREASING SHOWERS OVER EASTERN BIG ISLAND
WATERS. ISOLATED SHOWERS ELSEWHERE.
..TONIGHT...BIG ISLAND COASTAL WATERS...HURRICANE CONDITIONS
POSSIBLE...NORTHEAST WINDS 25 TO 40 KT WITH SEAS 12 TO 16 FT... EXCEPT
VICINITY SOUTH POINT SOUTHWARD...NORTHEAST WINDS INCREASING
TO 35 TO 55 KT WITH COMBINED SEAS 14 TO 18 FT.
ELSEWHERE...NORTHEAST WINDS 20 TO 25 KT WITH SEAS 7 TO 10 FT.
SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS OVER BIG ISLAND WATERS. SCATTERED SHOWERS OVER
MAUI WATERS SPREADING WESTWARD.
..LABOR DAY...BIG ISLAND COASTAL WATERS...SOUTHEAST WINDS 25 TO 40 KT
WITH COMBINED SEAS 12 TO 16 FT...EXCEPT VICINITY SOUTH POINT SOUTHWARD
WITH SOUTHEAST WINDS 35 TO 55 KT AND COMBINED SEAS 16 TO 20 FT.
ELSEWHERE...NORTHEAST AND EAST WINDS 20 TO 30 KT WITH SEAS
8 TO 15 FT. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS OVER BIG ISLAND WATERS. SCATTERED
SHOWERS ELSEWHERE.
..MONDAY NIGHT AND TUESDAY...DIMINISHING WINDS...SEAS AND SHOWERS.
MAINLY EAST WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 8 TO 12 FT. ISOLATED SHOWERS.
..WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY...EAST WINDS 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. ISOLATED
SHOWERS.
$$
PHZ130-010400-
CHANNELS BETWEEN THE ISLANDS
12 PM HST SUN AUG 31 2003
....A TROPICAL STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE BIG ISLAND
INCLUDING THE ALENUIHAHA CHANNEL...
....A HURRICANE WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE BIG ISLAND INCLUDING
THE ALENUIHAHA CHANNEL...
....A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR CHANNELS EAST OF
MOLOKAI AND LANAI DUE TO STRENGTHENING TRADE WINDS...
....CAUTION IS ADVISED FOR THE REMAINING CHANNELS FOR MARGINAL WINDS
AND SEAS...
....A HIGH SURF ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE SOUTH AND SOUTHEAST
FACING SHORES OF MAUI AND THE BIG ISLAND...
....SMALL CRAFT AT THE BIG ISLAND SHOULD REMAIN IN PORT...
....SEE CENTRAL PACIFIC HURRICANE CENTER ADVISORIES ON HURRICANE
JIMENA...

..THIS AFTERNOON...CHANNELS EAST OF MOLOKAI AND LANAI...NORTHEAST WINDS
INCREASING TO 25 TO 30 KT WITH SEAS BUILDING TO 10 TO 15 FT.
ELSEWHERE...EAST AND NORTHEAST WINDS 20 TO 25 KT WITH SEAS 8 TO 12 FT.
..TONIGHT...ALENUIHAHA CHANNEL...NORTHEAST WINDS INCREASING TO 35 TO 45
KT WITH SEAS 15 TO 20 FT. REMAINING CHANNELS...NORTHEAST WINDS 25 TO
30 KT SEAS 10 TO 15 FT.
..LABOR DAY...ALENUIHAHA CHANNEL...NORTHEAST WINDS 35 TO 45 KT WITH
SEAS 15 TO 20 FT. REMAINING CHANNELS...NORTHEAST WINDS 25 TO 30 KT
WITH SEAS 10 TO 15 FT.
..MONDAY NIGHT AND TUESDAY...DIMINISHING WINDS...SEAS AND SHOWERS. EAST
WINDS 25 TO 30 KT. SEAS 10 TO 15 FT.
..WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY...EAST WINDS 20 KT. SEAS 5 TO 8 FT.
$$
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