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HURRICANE FLOSSIE INTERMEDIATE ADVISORY NUMBER  22A
NWS CENTRAL PACIFIC HURRICANE CENTER HONOLULU HI   EP092007
800 PM HST MON AUG 13 2007

...A TROPICAL STORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR THE BIG ISLAND OF 
HAWAII...
 
...A HURRICANE WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE BIG ISLAND OF 
HAWAII...
 
FOR STORM INFORMATION SPECIFIC TO YOUR AREA...INCLUDING POSSIBLE 
INLAND WATCHES AND WARNINGS...PLEASE MONITOR PRODUCTS ISSUED BY 
YOUR LOCAL WEATHER OFFICE.
 
AT 800 PM HST...0600Z...THE CENTER OF HURRICANE FLOSSIE WAS 
LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 16.2 NORTH...LONGITUDE 152.5 WEST OR ABOUT 
295 MILES SOUTH SOUTHEAST OF HILO...HAWAII AND ABOUT 500 MILES 
SOUTHEAST OF HONOLULU...HAWAII.
 
FLOSSIE IS MOVING TOWARD THE WEST-NORTHWEST NEAR 16 MPH AND THIS 
MOTION IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE THROUGH TONIGHT.
 
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 120 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS. FLOSSIE 
IS A CATEGORY THREE 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 140 
MILES.
 
ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 957 MB...28.26 INCHES.
 
THE BIG ISLAND WILL SEE THE ONSET OF TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS...
39 MPH AND HIGHER...DIRECTLY ASSOCIATED WITH HURRICANE FLOSSIE 
TUESDAY MID-MORNING. EAST TO SOUTHEAST WINDS OF 40 TO 50 MPH WITH 
HIGHER GUSTS ARE LIKELY AS HURRICANE FLOSSIE PASSES SOUTH OF THE 
BIG ISLAND DURING THE DAY TUESDAY. ANY SHIFT IN THE FORECAST TRACK 
TOWARDS THE NORTH...CLOSER TO THE BIG ISLAND...WILL RESULT IN 
HIGHER WINDS.
 
THE FORECAST TRACK OF HURRICANE FLOSSIE WILL BRING 6 TO 10 FT SURF 
TO SOUTH FACING SHORES OF THE BIG ISLAND TODAY INCREASING TO 15 TO 
20 FT ON TUESDAY. SURF ALONG EAST FACING SHORES OF THE BIG ISLAND 
WILL BE 5 TO 8 FEET TODAY INCREASING TO 8 TO 12 FEET TUESDAY.
 
HEAVY SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WITHIN OUTER RAINBANDS MAY PRODUCE 
10 INCHES OR MORE OF RAINFALL IN KAU DISTRICT ON THE BIG ISLAND 
THROUGH TUESDAY NIGHT. SMALLER AMOUNTS...5 TO 10 INCHES...MAY 
FALL ON THE EAST SLOPES OF THE BIG ISLAND THROUGH TUESDAY NIGHT.
 
REPEATING THE 800 PM HST POSITION...16.2 NORTH...LONGITUDE 152.5 
WEST. MOVEMENT TOWARD THE WEST-NORTHWEST NEAR 16 MPH. MAXIMUM 
SUSTAINED WINDS...120 MPH. MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...957 MB.
 
THE NEXT ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE CENTRAL PACIFIC HURRICANE 
CENTER AT 1100 PM HST.
 
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FORECASTER DONALDSON