Gale Watch
NWS Honolulu HI ยท US
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Details
Small Craft Advisory Now In Effect Until 6 AM HST Friday... ...Gale Watch In Effect From Friday Morning Through Saturday Afternoon
- Event
- Gale Watch
- Issued
- Onset
- Message expires
- Expected end
- Category
- Meteorological
- Urgency
- Future
- Severity
- Moderate
- Certainty
- Possible
- Response
- Prepare
Description
What
For the Small Craft Advisory, northeast winds 20 to 30 kt. For the Gale Watch, northeast winds 25 to 35 kt. Seas 8 to 12 ft in Pailolo Channel.
Where
Maalaea Bay and Pailolo Channel.
When
For the Small Craft Advisory, until 6 AM HST Friday. For the Gale Watch, from Friday morning through Saturday afternoon.
Impacts
Strong winds can cause hazardous seas which could capsize or damage vessels and reduce visibility.
Instructions
A Gale Watch is issued when the risk of gale force winds of 34 to 47 knots has significantly increased but the specific timing and/or location is still uncertain. It is intended to provide additional lead time for mariners who may wish to consider altering their plans.
Affected areas
- Maalaea Bay
- Pailolo Channel
Public contact
- Issuer
- NWS Honolulu HI
- Website
- http://www.weather.gov
Message record
- Received
- Issue to receipt
- ~34s
- CAP status
- Actual
- CAP message type
- Alert
- Lifecycle
- New
- Source
- NWWS-OI
- Feed
- NWWS
- Recovered
- No
CAP routing and identity
- ULID
- 01M39XA6P6A847DSCMF9PE4KTH
- Identifier
- urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.7f7987172262de72de54a9ba4197c716c0d335e0.002.2
- Sender
- w-nws.webmaster@noaa.gov
- Scope
- Public
- CAP source
- 211803 v2.3.0
- Handling codes
- IPAWSv1.0
- Issuing office
- NWS Honolulu HI
- AWIPS ID
- CAPHFO
- NWWS sequence
- nwws_processor.3598
- WMO heading
- XOHW50
- WMO data type
- CAP alert message XML (XO)
- WMO geography
- Hawaiian Islands (HW)
- WMO bulletin number
- 50
Event codes
| Name | Value |
|---|---|
| SAME | NWS |
| NationalWeatherService | GLA |
Parameters
| Name | Value |
|---|---|
| AWIPSidentifier | MWWHFO |
| WMOidentifier | WHHW70 PHFO 241432 |
| NWSheadline | SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM HST FRIDAY... ...GALE WATCH IN EFFECT FROM FRIDAY MORNING THROUGH SATURDAY AFTERNOON |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | EAS |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | NWEM |
| VTEC | /O.NEW.PHFO.GL.A.0007.260925T1600Z-260927T0400Z/ |
| eventEndingTime | 2026-09-26T18:00:00-10:00 |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | CMAS |
Locations
Location data
- Maalaea Bay
- Pailolo Channel
| Name | Value |
|---|---|
| SAME | 059119 |
| SAME | 059120 |
| UGC | PHZ119 |
| UGC | PHZ120 |