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HURRICANE FLOSSIE INTERMEDIATE ADVISORY NUMBER  26A
NWS CENTRAL PACIFIC HURRICANE CENTER HONOLULU HI   EP092007
800 PM HST TUE AUG 14 2007

...A TROPICAL STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE BIG ISLAND 
OF HAWAII...
 
...A HURRICANE WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE BIG ISLAND OF 
HAWAII...
 
THE BIG ISLAND WILL SEE THE ONSET OF TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS...
39 MPH AND HIGHER...THIS EVENING. EAST TO SOUTHEAST WINDS OF 40 TO 
50 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS ARE LIKELY AS HURRICANE FLOSSIE PASSES 
SOUTH OF THE BIG ISLAND THIS EVENING AND OVERNIGHT.
 
SURF ALONG SOUTH FACING SHORES OF THE BIG ISLAND WILL REMAIN 20 TO 
25 FT TONIGHT. SURF ALONG EAST FACING SHORES OF THE BIG ISLAND WILL 
REMAIN 10 TO 12 FEET TONIGHT.
 
HEAVY SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WITHIN OUTER RAINBANDS MAY PRODUCE 
10 INCHES OR MORE OF RAINFALL IN KAU DISTRICT ON THE BIG ISLAND 
TONIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY. SMALLER AMOUNTS...5 TO 10 INCHES...MAY 
FALL ON THE EAST SLOPES OF THE BIG ISLAND TONIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY.
 
AT 800 PM HST...0600Z...THE CENTER OF HURRICANE FLOSSIE WAS 
LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 17.5 NORTH...LONGITUDE 155.9 WEST OR ABOUT 
95 MILES SOUTH OF SOUTH POINT...THE SOUTH TIP OF THE BIG ISLAND OF 
HAWAII...AND ABOUT 310 MILES SOUTH SOUTHEAST OF HONOLULU.
  
FLOSSIE IS MOVING TOWARD THE WEST-NORTHWEST NEAR 10 MPH AND THIS 
MOTION IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE THROUGH TONIGHT.

RECENT AIRCRAFT RECONNAISSANCE...SATELLITE AND RADAR OBSERVATIONS 
SHOW THAT THE EYE OF THE HURRICANE HAS DISAPPEARED...AN INDICATION 
THAT THE HURRICANE CONTINUES WEAKENING. 
 
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 85 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS. FLOSSIE 
IS A CATEGORY ONE HURRICANE ON THE SAFFIR-SIMPSON SCALE. CONTINUED 
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 105 
MILES.
 
ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 993 MB...29.32 INCHES.
 
REPEATING THE 800 PM HST POSITION...17.5 N...155.9 W. MOVEMENT 
TOWARD...WEST-NORTHWEST NEAR 10 MPH. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...85 
MPH. MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...988 MB.
 
THE NEXT ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE CENTRAL PACIFIC HURRICANE 
CENTER AT 1100 PM HST.
 
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FORECASTER DONALDSON