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HURRICANE IOKE ADVISORY NUMBER  15
NWS CENTRAL PACIFIC HURRICANE CENTER HONOLULU HI   CP012006
500 AM HST WED AUG 23 2006

...HURRICANE IOKE CONTINUES MOVING SLOWLY AWAY FROM JOHNSTON 
ISLAND...

A HURRICANE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR JOHNSTON ISLAND.

AT 500 AM HST...1500Z...THE CENTER OF HURRICANE IOKE WAS LOCATED 
NEAR LATITUDE 17.6 NORTH...LONGITUDE 170.7 WEST OR ABOUT 100 MILES 
NORTHWEST OF JOHNSTON ISLAND AND ABOUT 870 MILES WEST-SOUTHWEST OF 
HONOLULU.
 
IOKE IS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTHWEST NEAR 7 MPH AND THIS MOTION IS 
EXPECTED TO CONTINUE DURING 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 160 
MILES.
 
ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 971 MB...28.67 INCHES.

CONDITIONS ON JOHNSTON ISLAND WILL CONTINUE TO GRADUALLY IMPROVE...
AND THE HURRICANE WARNING WILL LIKELY BE DISCONTINUED LATER THIS 
MORNING.
 
REPEATING THE 500 AM HST POSITION...17.6 N...170.7 W. MOVEMENT 
TOWARD...NORTHWEST NEAR 7 MPH. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...105 MPH. 
MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...971 MB.
 
AN INTERMEDIATE ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE CENTRAL PACIFIC 
HURRICANE CENTER AT 800 AM HST FOLLOWED BY THE NEXT COMPLETE 
ADVISORY AT 1100 AM HST.
 
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FORECASTER R BALLARD/HOUSTON