Big island of Hawaii on watch for Hurricane Flossie
BULLETIN
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
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