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HURRICANE FLOSSIE INTERMEDIATE ADVISORY NUMBER  23A
NWS CENTRAL PACIFIC HURRICANE CENTER HONOLULU HI   EP092007
200 AM HST TUE AUG 14 2007

...A TROPICAL STORM WARNING CONTINUES FOR THE BIG ISLAND OF 
HAWAII...
 
...A HURRICANE WATCH CONTINUES FOR THE BIG ISLAND OF HAWAII...
 
AT 200 AM HST...1200Z...THE CENTER OF HURRICANE FLOSSIE WAS 
LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 16.6 NORTH...LONGITUDE 153.5 WEST...OR 
ABOUT 240 MILES SOUTH SOUTHEAST OF HILO...HAWAII AND ABOUT 440 
MILES SOUTHEAST OF HONOLULU.
  
FLOSSIE IS MOVING TOWARD THE WEST-NORTHWEST NEAR 14 MPH...AND THIS 
MOTION IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE THROUGH THE DAY.
 
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 110 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS. FLOSSIE 
IS A CATEGORY THREE HURRICANE ON THE SAFFIR-SIMPSON SCALE. 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 150 
MILES.
 
ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 972 MB...28.70 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.
 
SURF ALONG SOUTH FACING SHORES OF THE BIG ISLAND WILL BE RISING TO 
20 TO 25 FT TODAY. SURF ALONG EAST FACING SHORES OF THE BIG ISLAND 
WILL BE 10 TO 12 FEET.
 
HEAVY SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WITHIN OUTER RAINBANDS MAY PRODUCE 
10 INCHES OR MORE OF RAINFALL IN KAU DISTRICT ON THE BIG ISLAND 
THROUGH TONIGHT. SMALLER AMOUNTS...5 TO 10 INCHES...MAY FALL ON 
THE EAST SLOPES OF THE BIG ISLAND THROUGH TONIGHT.
 
REPEATING THE 200 AM HST POSITION...16.6 NORTH...153.5 WEST. 
MOVEMENT TOWARD WEST NORTHWEST NEAR 14 MPH. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED 
WINDS...110 MPH.
 
THE NEXT ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE CENTRAL PACIFIC HURRICANE 
CENTER AT 500 AM HST.
 
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FORECASTER DONALDSON