Hawaii Extended Forecast Discussion
NWS Weather Prediction Center College Park MD
724 AM EST Fri Dec 04 2015

Valid 00Z Sat Dec 05 2015 - 00Z Sat Dec 12 2015

The mid-latitude pattern will be progressive and active throughout
the next 7 days. However, a sprawling 588-dm upper ridge
stretching about the subtropics will keep the primary axis of
height falls north of the Hawai`ian island chain. The resultant
surface ridging to the north should continue to reinforce an
active period of moderate to occasionally stronger east-southeast
trade winds. Deterministic guidance generally depicts 20 to 30
knots of flow throughout the period. Regarding precipitation,
tropospheric moisture appears rather limited with precipitable
waters in the 0.50 to perhaps 1 inch range. However, disorganized
showers and thunderstorms could develop in response to the diurnal
heating cycle, particularly over elevated terrain.


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