WTPA32 PHFO 230603
TCPCP2

BULLETIN
HURRICANE IOKE INTERMEDIATE ADVISORY NUMBER  13A
NWS CENTRAL PACIFIC HURRICANE CENTER HONOLULU HI   CP012006
800 PM HST TUE AUG 22 2006

...HURRICANE IOKE MAKING ITS CLOSEST APPROACH TO JOHNSTON 
ISLAND...
 
A HURRICANE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR JOHNSTON ISLAND.

AT 800 PM HST...0600Z...THE CENTER OF HURRICANE IOKE WAS LOCATED 
NEAR LATITUDE 16.7 NORTH...LONGITUDE 170.1 WEST OR ABOUT 35 MILES 
WEST OF JOHNSTON ISLAND AND ABOUT 855 MILES WEST-SOUTHWEST OF 
HONOLULU. 
 
IOKE IS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTHWEST NEAR 9 MPH...AND THIS MOTION 
IS EXPECTED TO GRADUALLY SLOW OVER THE NEXT 24 HOURS.
 
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 105 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS. IOKE IS 
A CATEGORY TWO HURRICANE ON THE SAFFIR-SIMPSON SCALE. LITTLE CHANGE 
IN STRENGTH IS FORECAST DURING THE NEXT 24 HOURS.
 
HURRICANE FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 40 MILES FROM THE 
CENTER...AND TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 185 
MILES.
 
ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 971 MB...28.67 INCHES.

HURRICANE CONDITIONS...WITH EXTREMELY STRONG WINDS...TORRENTIAL 
RAINS...AND BATTERING WAVES WILL CONTINUE ON JOHNSTON ISLAND 
OVERNIGHT. CONDITIONS WILL BEGIN TO GRADUALLY IMPROVE ON THE ISLAND 
WEDNESDAY MORNING.
 
REPEATING THE 800 PM HST POSITION...16.7 N...170.1 W. MOVEMENT 
TOWARD...NORTHWEST NEAR 9 MPH. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...105 MPH. 
MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...971 MB.
 
THE NEXT ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE CENTRAL PACIFIC HURRICANE 
CENTER AT 1100 PM HST.
 
$$
FORECASTER R BALLARD/HOUSTON