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TROPICAL STORM JOHN ADVISORY NUMBER  11
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HONOLULU HI
5 PM HST WED AUG 30 2000
 
AT 5 PM HST...0300Z...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM JOHN
WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 17.5 NORTH...LONGITUDE 140.5 WEST
OR ABOUT 950 MILES...1540 KM...EAST OF HILO HAWAII.
 
JOHN IS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTHWEST NEAR  2 MPH
... 4 KM/HR...AND ITS MOTION IS EXPECTED TO REMAIN SLOW AND ERRATIC
THE NEXT 24 HOURS. 
 
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR  65 MPH...100 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER
GUSTS.  LITTLE CHANGE IN STRENGTH IS FORECAST DURING THE NEXT
24 HOURS.
 
TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 115 MILES
...185 KM FROM THE CENTER.
 
ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS  996 MB...29.41 INCHES.
 
 
 
 
REPEATING THE 5 PM HST POSITION...17.5 N...140.5 W.  MOVEMENT
TOWARD...NORTHWEST NEAR  2 MPH.  MAXIMUM SUSTAINED
WINDS... 65 MPH.  MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE... 996 MB.
 
THE NEXT ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE CENTRAL PACIFIC
HURRICANE CENTER AT 11 PM HST.
 
FORECASTER LARSON