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Windy weather could return later in week

NOAA / NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
This composite satellite image shows a cold front approaching Kauai and some rain clouds over the Big Island Monday afternoon.

The high winds that damaged and disrupted parts of Windward Oahu on Monday could return later in the week, the National Weather Service is warning.

A wind advisory for parts of Oahu, Kauai, Molokai, Maui and Lanai — with 30 to 50 mph wind from the southwest and gusts exceeding 60 mph — was set to expire at 6 a.m. Tuesday.

But weather service meteorologist Ian Morrison warned that similar high winds could return Friday evening and Saturday.

A small-craft advisory and high-surf warning are expected to stay in effect through Wednesday, and surf is expected to remain elevated through this week. A small-craft advisory is issued when winds are stronger than 25 knots (28.75 mph) and seas are higher than 10 feet.

And a high-wind warning for Hawaii island summits, with gusts topping 80 mph, is expected to remain in place through 6 p.m. Wednesday.

High winds Monday downed trees, prompted the evacuation of a Windward Oahu school cafeteria and closed a popular hiking area on Maui.

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