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SPECIAL COMMUNITY MEETING FOR GRANT FUNDING PRIORITIES (Tues., Sept. 7, 2010)—Acting Mayor Kirk Caldwell today announced that the City's Department of Community Services will hold a special informational meeting to solicit input from the community about prioritizing funding for Grant In Aid projects.  "It is very important to protect taxpayer money and plan our spending wisely so we can continue providing the important services that our residents expect and deserve," Caldwell said. Grant In Aid projects address community needs regarding housing, human services, urban revitalization and community development. Approximately $650,000 will be available in the current fiscal year. The meeting will be held this Thursday, September 9, 2010, from 2:00 to 4:00 p.m. at McCoy Pavilion in Ala Moana Park. For more information, please contact Department of Community Services Director Debbie Kim Morikawa at 768-7760. -30-

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ACTING MAYOR TO LEAD REMEMBRANCE WALK FOR NINTH ANNIVERSARY OF SEPTEMBER 11 ATTACKS   Acting Mayor Kirk Caldwell invites the public to participate in the fifth annual Mayor's Remembrance Walk on Saturday, September 11, in observance of the ninth anniversary of the 9/11 terrorist attacks on the United States.   Acting Mayor Kirk Caldwell said, "The tragic events on 9/11 clearly reminded us that freedom is not a privilege, rather it is our responsibility to band together as a nation and continually strive to maintain what we cherish and hold dear to our hearts.  As we approach the ninth anniversary of the terrorist attacks on our country, this walk is an occasion for Honolulu to remember the lives that were lost or shattered, and recognize the first-responders who uphold the safety of our communities and members of the armed forces who serve as guardians of our freedom."   The public is invited to participate.  Marchers should gather at the entrance of the Honolulu Police Department headquarters, 801 South Beretania Street, by 5:30 p.m.   The walk will be led by the Celtic Pipes and Drums of Hawaii and includes brief ceremonies and wreath presentations beginning at the Honolulu Police Department.  Marchers will then proceed makai on Alapai to the Honolulu Fire Department, at South and Queen streets, for a second ceremony.  The procession will then move makai to Halekauwila Street and then mauka on Punchbowl Street to Honolulu Hale for a formal ceremony.             The program at Honolulu Hale will take place at the eternal flame on the front lawn.  The service will include wreath-laying and recognition of the Honolulu Emergency Services Department and Department of Emergency Management.  There will be music by John Valentine and Rocky Brown and the Royal Hawaiian Band and a display of fire trucks, ambulances, and other emergency vehicles from the police, fire and emergency service agencies.  Television newscaster Tannya Joaquin will serve as mistress of ceremonies.               Participants are encouraged to bring flashlights.  Parking will be available at the Civic Center parking structure; enter from South Beretania Street.               The Mayor's Remembrance Walk grew out of a call for freedom walks nationwide to observe the anniversary of the September 11 attacks. -30-

Hawaiian Islands Satellite Interpretation Message

Hawaiian Islands Satellite Interpretation Message
Tue, 07 Sep 2010 19:30:00 -0500

Based on data through 0000 UTC September 08 2010.

Water vapor imagery shows an upper low spinning over the far northwestern Hawaiian islands centered near 27°N 172°W, or about 350 miles east southeast of Midway atoll. This low is nearly stationary and infrared imagery shows scattered thunderstorms within 200 miles either side of the low center. Maximum cloud tops are estimated at 40000 feet. Elsewhere, an upper jet is found along the south through southeastern side of the upper low, stretching from 22°N 174°W to 27°N 165°W, crossing about 400 miles west northwest of Kauai. Isolated thunderstorms are found near the southwest end of the jet near 18°N 176°W. Another upper trough is just north of the area near 33°N 155°W moving west at 15 mph. With a weak upper jet draped across the northern portion of the area north 27°N between 150°W and 158°W.

An area of scattered thunderstorms is located along a surface trough about 900 miles southeast of the Big Island near 14°N 143°W. Cloud tops are near 50000 feet in this area. Another area of isolated to scattered thunderstorms is located along 152°W between 13°N and 10°N along a weakening westward moving trough.

Elsewhere, low topped stratocumulus covers the area north of 18°N. The greatest concentration of low clouds is between 800 and over 1000 miles northeast of the main Hawaiian islands. These areas of low clouds are moving to the west southwest between 10 and 20 mph.

Across the main Hawaiian islands, broken low clouds are found covering the mountains and leeward Kauai, extending across the leeward coastal waters and Niihau. Broken low clouds are also over the Koolau mountains and along the Waianae coast of Oahu, the mountains of Molokai and the slopes surrounding Haleakala below 9000 feet. The low clouds extend over the leeward Maui waters and Kahoolawe. Over the Big Island, low clouds cover the leeward side below 9000 feet from near Kawaihae south past Kona to South Point. Another deck of low cloud is over the Kau district with scattered to broken low clouds covering the Puna and Hilo districts below 8000 feet. Movement of the clouds in areas free of terrain is to the west southwest at about 15 to 20 mph.

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Hawaiian Islands Satellite Interpretation Message

Hawaiian Islands Satellite Interpretation Message
Tue, 07 Sep 2010 07:00:00 -0500

Based on data through 1130 UTC September 07 2010.

An area of broken showery low clouds has been moving over the aloha state this early morning, bringing ceilings mainly to windward coastal, mauka, and windward upslope sections on the individual isles. However, leeward areas of the smaller islands are seeing broken cloudiness from time to time as well. Low ceilings have also been occasionally affecting coastal and lower upslope portions of north and south Kona on the Big Island. Low cloud movement is from the east-northeast at 15 to 20 mph across the island chain.

Conditions are predominantly scattered to broken in waters immediately surrounding the islands, including the channels. Much of the cloudiness exists from the Kauai channel through the Kaiwi Channel to just east of Maui and northeast of the Big Island. On the other hand, areas of clear to partly cloudy skies are evident south of Maui, south and southwest of Oahu, and southeast clockwise through north of Kauai.

An upper low is approximately 850 miles north-northeast of Honolulu and has been pushing west near 10 mph over the past 6 to 12 hours. Another upper low is about 900 miles west-northwest of Kauai and has been drifting slowly toward the south-southwest. A trough stretches to the southwest of the second low and has been nearly stationary. Each feature is helping to ignite isolated thunderstorms in its vicinity.

An east-northeast to west-southwest oriented surface trough remains nearly stationary far southeast of the Big Island. Unorganized showers and isolated thunderstorms are associated with the system. Most of the convection is currently bounded by 16°N 142°W to 09°N 132°W to 07°N 135°W to 10°N 155°W to 15°N 149°W to 16°N 142°W.

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Hawaiian Islands Satellite Interpretation Message

Hawaiian Islands Satellite Interpretation Message
Tue, 07 Sep 2010 00:00:00 -0500

Based on data through 0430 UTC September 07 2010.

Broken to overcast low clouds are concentrated over windward, mauka, and upslope areas across the island chain this early evening. This is especially the case on the Big Island, where most sections below 7500 feet are seeing low ceilings. Leeward portions of the other isles are predominantly clear to partly cloudy. Low cloud motion is from the east to slightly north of east at 15 to 20 mph across the aloha state.

An area of showery broken low clouds is upwind from Oahu, Maui county, and the Big Island as of bulletin time, and is moving toward the west and west-southwest with the prevailing trade flow. Plume clouds are generating low ceilings west of Niihau and southwest of Oahu. Low cloudiness collapsing off the Big Island is causing lower ceilings immediately west of that isle. Elsewhere conditions are clear to scattered in the adjacent coastal waters.

An upper low is centered more than 800 miles north-northeast of Honolulu and has been heading west near 10 mph. Another upper low is around 900 miles west-northwest of Kauai and appears to be drifting slowly toward the south or southwest. A trough extends toward the southwest from the second low through 23°N 176°W to 19°N 178°E. The trough has been nearly stationary. Each system is inducing isolated thunderstorms in its vicinity.

Surface troughing far southeast of the Big Island is producing showers and isolated thunderstorms, though the activity remains unorganized. Most of the convection is currently bounded by 17°N 141°W to 10°N 133°W to 08°N 135°W to 07°N 157°W to 16°N 146°W to 17°N 141°W. The feature has been nearly stationary over the past 6 to 12 hours.

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Hawaiian Islands Satellite Interpretation Message

Hawaiian Islands Satellite Interpretation Message
Mon, 06 Sep 2010 19:30:00 -0500

Based on data through 0000 UTC September 07 2010.

Water vapor continues to show three upper level low pressure centers in or near the central Pacific early this afternoon. The eastern-most upper low is about 800 miles north northeast of Honolulu this afternoon near 31.8°N 152.2°W. The next upper low to the west is located near 29.7°N 171.3°W, about 1015 miles northwest of Honolulu. The western-most upper low is near 20.7°N 178.9°E, about 1490 miles west of Honolulu.

Low clouds near the islands continue to move in from the east around 20 miles an hour.

Clouds have increased over all of the islands over the last six hours. Scattered clouds are found over all of Kauai at 2 pm, with passing low clouds over Niihau. On Oahu, in addition to the clouds over the Koolau range, additional clouds have formed over the Waianae range. The clouds over the Halawa Valley on Molokai have extended to the west, and additional clouds are found along the southern coast. A few more clouds have formed over Lanai since daybreak. The clouds over the west Maui mountains increased some over the last six hours on Maui. Clouds increased significantly over all the slopes of Haleakala since daybreak. In addition, the clouds over the west facing slopes of Haleakala extend to the southwest and are moving over Kahoolawe at 2 pm.

On the Big Island, broken clouds are found over Hamakua districts. Scattered to broken low clouds are found over the north Hilo, south Hilo, and Pahoa districts. Broken to overcast low clouds are found over the Kau district, while overcast skies are found over the south Kona district and most of the north Kona district. Scattered to broken low clouds are found over the south Kohala and north Kohala districts.

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