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Blizzard warning for Hawaii

Blizzard warning for Hawaii

http://iceagenow.info/2014/12/blizzard-warning-hawaii/

“Yes! Even Hawaii may get up to a foot of snow and high winds up to 90 mph, “ says reader Marcus Muraca. NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HONOLULU HI BLIZZARD WARNING FOR THE SUMMITS OF MAUNA KEA AND MAUNA LOA HAZARD TYPES…VERY STRONG WINDS AND BITTERLY COLD WIND CHILLS. HEAVY SNOW…BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW…AND LIGHTNING STRIKES. * ACCUMULATIONS…UP TO 12 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 AREEXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDSAND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUTCONDITIONS…MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL. IFYOU MUST TRAVEL…HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GETSTRANDED…STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE. http://www.srh.noaa.gov/wwamap/wwatxtget.php?cwa=hfo&wwa=all Thanks to Marcus Muraca for this link Also in the Washington Post http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/capital-weather-gang/wp/2014/12/23/white-christmas-in-hawaii-blizzard-watch-for-big-island-peaks/ Thanks to Argiris Diamantis for this link Live web cams: http://www.esrl.noaa.gov/gmd/obop/mlo/livecam/livecam.html

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