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HURRICANE IOKE ADVISORY NUMBER   8
NWS CENTRAL PACIFIC HURRICANE CENTER HONOLULU HI   CP012006
1100 AM HST MON AUG 21 2006

...MAJOR HURRICANE IOKE EXPECTED TO BRING HURRICANE CONDITIONS TO 
JOHNSTON ISLAND WITHIN 24 HOURS...

ALL INTERESTS IN THE VICINITY OF JOHNSTON ISLAND SHOULD PREPARE FOR 
THE ONSET OF HURRICANE CONDITIONS WITHIN THE NEXT 24 HOURS. 
HURRICANE CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TO PERSIST THROUGH TUESDAY.

ALL INTERESTS IN THE VICINITY OF THE NORTHWEST HAWAIIAN ISLANDS 
SHOULD CLOSELY MONITOR THE PROGRESS OF THIS HURRICANE.

HURRICANE IOKE IS NOT A THREAT TO THE MAIN HAWAIIAN ISLANDS. 
 
AT 1100 AM HST...2100Z...THE CENTER OF HURRICANE IOKE WAS LOCATED 
NEAR LATITUDE 13.0 NORTH...LONGITUDE 166.3 WEST OR ABOUT 335 
MILES...SOUTHEAST OF JOHNSTON ISLAND AND ABOUT 795 MILES...
SOUTHWEST OF HONOLULU...OAHU.
 
IOKE IS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTHWEST NEAR 13 MPH...AND THIS MOTION 
IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE OVER THE NEXT 24 HOURS.
 
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 115 MPH...WITH HIGHER GUSTS. SOME 
STRENGTHENING IS FORECAST DURING THE NEXT 24 HOURS.
 
HURRICANE FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 50 MILES...FROM THE 
CENTER...AND TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 160 
MILES.
 
ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 960 MB...28.35 INCHES.

REPEATING THE 1100 AM HST POSITION...13.0 N...166.3 W. MOVEMENT 
TOWARD...NORTHWEST NEAR 13 MPH. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...115 
MPH. MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...960 MB.
 
THE NEXT ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE CENTRAL PACIFIC HURRICANE 
CENTER AT 200 PM HST.
 
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FORECASTER KODAMA/R BALLARD