Slippahs - I totally see your points. I'm not the one who makes the decisions, I'm just rationalizing what's going on. I would suspect that when the weather indeed presents a case for a weather waiver, HAL will issue one. It's clear the one for Madeline was spot on. ITO and KOA were the only airports that were predicted to be affected, therefore a waiver was issued. I'd imagine when they feel they've got enough information to make a decision for Lester, they will. Until then, it's business as usual, which is logical. If the weather isn't going to be a problem, there's no need for a weather waiver.