HAWAII EXTENDED FORECAST DISCUSSION NWS WEATHER PREDICTION CENTER COLLEGE PARK MD 722 AM EST SAT FEB 22 2014 VALID 00Z SUN FEB 23 2014 - 00Z SUN MAR 02 2014 GUIDANCE MAINTAINS GOOD CONSISTENCY/CONSENSUS FOR THE FCST PERIOD. EXPECT A GENERAL DRYING TREND MOST AREAS AS FLAT PACIFIC FLOW BRINGS THROUGH A COUPLE WEAK FRONTS FROM THE NORTHWEST IN THE EARLY/MID PART OF NEXT WEEK. SLIGHTLY HIGHER PWATS MAY LINGER OVER OR JUST S OF THE BIG ISLAND... SO CHANCES FOR RNFL SUPPORTED BY NORTHERLY LOW LVL FLOW TO THE E OF UPSTREAM HIGH PRESSURE MAY BE A LITTLE HIGHER THERE. HIGH PRESSURE IS STILL FCST TO PASS TO THE N OF THE STATE AROUND THU AND THEN CONTINUE EWD... WHILE A DEVELOPING CNTRL PAC STORM SHOULD BRING ITS TRAILING FRONT TO THE NWRN ISLANDS BY THE START OF DAY 7 SAT. THIS PROGRESSION SHOULD TURN WINDS MORE SOUTHEASTERLY/SOUTHERLY LATE IN THE WEEK. POTENTIAL FOR HEAVIER RNFL WILL INCREASE AS A RESULT... THOUGH MODELS DIFFER ON EXACTLY HOW MUCH DEEP MSTR WILL BE AVBL TO WORK WITH. THE 00Z GFS BRIEFLY SHOWS PWATS EXCEEDING 1.75 INCHES NEXT SAT BUT THE 06Z RUN HAS TRENDED BELOW 1.50 INCHES IN BETTER AGREEMENT WITH THE 00Z ECMWF. MODESTLY SLOWER TREND OF THE ECMWF OVER THE PAST DAY YIELDS MINIMAL TIMING DIFFS FOR THIS FRONT NOW. RAUSCH