..WINTER STORM WARNING THROUGH NOON TODAY FOR THE BIG ISLAND SUMMITS... .DEEP MOISTURE IN THE TRADE WIND FLOW IS BRINGING FREEZING RAIN AND SNOW SHOWERS TO THE UPPER SLOPES AND SUMMITS OF MAUNA KEA AND MAUNA LOA...PRIMARILY ABOVE 12000 FEET. ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON HST TODAY... * LOCATIONS...BIG ISLAND SUMMITS ABOVE 12000 FEET. * HAZARD TYPES...FREEZING RAIN AND SNOW SHOWERS. * ACCUMULATIONS...SIGNIFICANT ICING ON ROADWAYS. * TIMING...THROUGH THIS MORNING. * IMPACTS...DANGEROUS DRIVING CONDITIONS DUE TO ICY ROADWAYS. * WINDS...NORTHEAST TO EAST 10 TO 20 MPH. GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH. * TEMPERATURES...IN THE UPPER 20S THIS MORNING...AND WARMING TO THE UPPER 30S TO LOWER 40S BY THIS AFTERNOON. * VISIBILITIES...AS LOW AS 1 MILE. HIGH WIND ADVISORY:
.WIND ADVISORY FOR ALL ISLANDS THROUGH 6 AM SUNDAY... .STRONG HIGH PRESSURE BUILDING FAR NORTH OF THE ISLANDS WILL BRING STRONG AND GUSTY TRADE WINDS TODAY AND TONIGHT. ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM HST SUNDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HONOLULU HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM HST SUNDAY. * TIMING...THROUGH TONIGHT. * WINDS...NORTHEAST TO EAST 20 TO 35 MPH...WITH GUSTS TO 50 MPH. LOCALIZED GUSTY WINDS WILL BE STRONGEST OVER RIDGE TOPS AND TO THE WEST OF TERRAIN...AND ARE NOT EXPECTED TO AFFECT THE HILO AREA. * IMPACTS...WINDS THIS STRONG CAN BRING DOWN TREE BRANCHES AND MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES.