High surf expected to hit all north shores, Red Flag Warning for the leeward areas

The high surf advisory remains in effect until 6 p.m. Sunday as a large north-northwest swell builds tonight plus strong trades.
The advisory covers the north and east shores of Lana’i and Hawai’i island and north, east and west shores of all other islands.
North shores are expected to have 19 to 23 foot wave faces tomorrow, east shores nine to 13, west shores 11 to 14 foot faces.
Beach goers should be aware that the big swell could being dangerous rip currents, some beach erosion and flooding in some areas possible, especially at a very high tide just before sunrise at 5:39 a.m.
The south shores will remain small at one to two feet, maybe a slightly larger bump later in the week.
A red flag warning is also in going into effect for the leeward sides of the islands. that’s for tomorrow from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. 
This means there is the potential for any fires that start, to grow rapidly because of the combination of these conditions: strong and gusty trades, warm temperatures, around 80 degrees and low humidity – down to about 40 percent.

See the original article at: KHON2 Developing Stories

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