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  1. Cool rainbow pic seen near Hawaii Volcano Observatory on the Big Island on Memorial Day. ow.ly/i/EQge. ow.ly/bcQbS
  2. It's windy across the isles! Strongest recorded #wind gusts as of midnight. ow.ly/bcKhZ
  3. High pressure will maintain gusty tradewinds across Hawaii at least into mid-week. #hiwx
  4. Strong and gusty trade winds will prevail into the holiday weekend. #hiwx
  5. Here's our official press release for the 2012 Central Pacific #hurricane season outlook #cphc #hiwx ow.ly/b6STC
  6. The 2012 Central Pacific #hurricane season outlook: below normal. 2-4 storms predicted in our basin this season.
  7. How windy was it? Winds gusted to 37 mph in Kailua-Kona, 38 mph Honolulu & 44 mph in Kahului y'day. Kahului reported blowing dust. #hiwx
  8. Wind Advisory lowland areas for gusts to 50 mph & for Haleakala, gusts to 55 mph. High Wind Warning: Mauna Kea & Loa, gusts to 65 mph. #hiwx
  9. Trade winds expected to increase over the next few days as high pressure builds to the NE.
  10. Congratulations to former CPHC Director of Operations @TWCDrKnabb on his new position as Director of National Hurricane Center in Miami!
  11. Preview new format for our Point Forecasts! Example, for Hilo: (OLD: forecast.weather.gov/MapClick.php?C… ) (NEW: preview.weather.gov/wtf/MapClick.p… ).
  12. Light winds in store again Monday. A dust devil was reported over leeward Oahu. For more info on them check out this: ow.ly/aSTP9
  13. Drier trade wind weather for the smaller islands...More wetter conditions for windward Big Island.
  14. On this day in history in the State of Hawaii, the highest temperature was observed at Kahului with 91 degrees set in 1961.
  15. Weak cloud band over windward Big Island and Maui County will bring an increase in windward showers for Oahu later this morning.
  16. Wind Advisory for Haleakala and Big Island Summits remains in effect through today. ow.ly/aDbXc
  17. Trade wind moisture combining with some slight instability to bring soaking showers to windward Big Island/Maui. 1/2 inch in 3 hours Mt View
  18. More breezy trade wind weather in store, with passing windward showers, especially nights and mornings. Windward Big Isle/Maui most likely
  19. Trade winds will be locally strong and gusty today, bringing passing clouds and showers, mainly to windward areas. #hiwx