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HURRICANE FLOSSIE ADVISORY NUMBER  16
NWS CENTRAL PACIFIC HURRICANE CENTER HONOLULU HI   EP092007
500 AM HST SUN AUG 12 2007

...DANGEROUS HURRICANE FLOSSIE CONTINUES OVER THE OPEN PACIFIC 
OCEAN...
 
AT 500 AM HST...1500Z...THE CENTER OF HURRICANE FLOSSIE WAS 
LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 13.7 NORTH...LONGITUDE 144.6 WEST OR ABOUT 
810 MILES EAST-SOUTHEAST OF HILO...HAWAII AND ABOUT 1020 MILES 
EAST-SOUTHEAST OF HONOLULU...HAWAII.
 
FLOSSIE IS MOVING TOWARD THE WEST NEAR 12 MPH AND THIS MOTION IS 
EXPECTED TO CONTINUE DURING THE NEXT 24 HOURS.
 
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 140 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS. SOME 
WEAKENING 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 90 
MILES.
 
ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 946 MB...27.94 INCHES.
 
EVERYONE IN THE HAWAIIAN ISLANDS IS URGED TO CONTINUE MONITORING 
THE PROGRESS OF HURRICANE FLOSSIE. ALTHOUGH THE CURRENT FORECAST 
PLACES FLOSSIE SOUTH OF THE BIG ISLAND OF HAWAII IN A FEW DAYS...A 
SMALL SHIFT IN THE TRACK COULD POTENTIALLY BRING TROPICAL STORM...
OR HURRICANE...CONDITIONS TO THE BIG ISLAND BY LATE TUESDAY.
 
REPEATING THE 500 AM HST POSITION...13.7 N...144.6 W. MOVEMENT 
TOWARD...WEST NEAR 12 MPH. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...140 MPH. 
MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...946 MB.
 
THE NEXT ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE CENTRAL PACIFIC HURRICANE 
CENTER AT 1100 AM HST.
 
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FORECASTER HOUSTON