URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HONOLULU HI 341 AM HST THU DEC 6 2007 HIZ028-062200- /O.EXT.PHFO.BZ.W.0001.000000T0000Z-071206T2200Z/ BIG ISLAND SUMMITS- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...MAUNA LOA AND MAUNA KEA ABOVE 8000 FEET 341 AM HST THU DEC 6 2007 ...BLIZZARD WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON HST TODAY... PASSING CONVECTIVE SHOWERS AS WELL AS STRONG WINDS WITH GUSTS TO 50 MPH CONTINUE TO AFFECT THE SUMMITS THIS MORNING...RESULTING IN WHITE OUT CONDITIONS AT TIMES WITH NEAR ZERO VISIBILITIES UNDER BLOWING SNOW. TRAVELING IN THE AREA REMAINS EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 6 INCHES OR MORE ARE STILL POSSIBLE...WITH SIGNIFICANT DRIFTING SNOW. TEMPERATURES WILL REMAIN AT OR BELOW FREEZING LEVEL WITH WIND CHILL IN THE TEENS AND LOWER 20S. TRAVEL TO THE SUMMITS IS STRONGLY NOT RECOMMENDED. A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS THAT BLIZZARD CONDITIONS ARE IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. $$ HUI