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HURRICANE FLOSSIE ADVISORY NUMBER  24
NWS CENTRAL PACIFIC HURRICANE CENTER HONOLULU HI   EP092007
500 AM HST TUE AUG 14 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...
 
AT 500 AM HST...1500Z...THE CENTER OF HURRICANE FLOSSIE WAS 
LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 16.9 NORTH...LONGITUDE 154.1 WEST OR ABOUT 
205 MILES SOUTH-SOUTHEAST OF HILO...HAWAII AND ABOUT 390 MILES 
SOUTHEAST OF HONOLULU.
 
FLOSSIE IS MOVING TOWARD THE WEST-NORTHWEST NEAR 13 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 TWO 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 145 
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...BY 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 TODAY. 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 500 AM HST POSITION...16.9 N...154.1 W. MOVEMENT 
TOWARD...WEST-NORTHWEST NEAR 13 MPH. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...
110 MPH. MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...972 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 DONALDSON