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TROPICAL STORM JOHN ADVISORY NUMBER  10
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HONOLULU HI
11 AM HST WED AUG 30 2000
 
...JOHN MOVING SLOWLY WEST NORTHWEST...
 
AT 11 AM HST...2100Z...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM JOHN
WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 17.6 NORTH...LONGITUDE 140.9 WEST
OR ABOUT 930 MILES...1495 KM...EAST OF HILO HAWAII.
 
JOHN IS MOVING TOWARD THE WEST NORTHWEST NEAR  5 MPH ...
7 KM/HR...AND THIS MOTION IS EXPECTED TO BECOME MORE WEST SOUTHWEST
OVER THE NEXT 24 HOURS. 
 
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR  70 MPH...110 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER
GUSTS.  LITTLE CHANGE IN STRENGTH IS FORECAST DURING THE NEXT
24 HOURS.
 
TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 145 MILES
...230 KM FROM THE CENTER.
 
ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS  996 MB...29.41 INCHES.
 
 
REPEATING THE 11 AM HST POSITION...17.6 N...140.9 W.  MOVEMENT
TOWARD...WEST NORTHWEST NEAR  5 MPH.  MAXIMUM SUSTAINED
WINDS... 70 MPH.  MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE... 996 MB.
 
THE NEXT ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE CENTRAL PACIFIC
HURRICANE CENTER AT 5 PM HST.
 
FORECASTER LARSON
 
 


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