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TROPICAL DEPRESSION JOHN ADVISORY NUMBER 15
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HONOLULU HI
5 PM HST THU AUG 31 2000
 
JOHN DOWNGRADED TO TROPICAL DEPRESSION AND CONTINUES TO WEAKEN 850
MILES EASTSOUTHEAST OF HILO
 
AT 5 PM HST...0300Z...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM JOHN
WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 17.3 NORTH...LONGITUDE 141.9 WEST
OR ABOUT 850 MILES EASTSOUTHEAST OF HILO.
 
JOHN IS NEARLY STATIONARY. IT IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN MOVING SLOWLY
SOUTHWESTWARD.
 
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 35 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS.
IT SHOULD CONTINUE TO SLOWLY WEAKEN.
 
ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 1006MB OR 29.71 INCHES.
 
REPEATING THE 5 PM HST POSITION...17.3N 141.9 W.  MOVEMENT
NEARLY STATIONARY. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS 35 MPH.  MINIMUM CENTRAL
PRESSURE 1006MB.
 
FOR STORM INFORMATION SPECIFIC TO YOUR AREA...PLEASE MONITOR
PRODUCTS ISSUED BY YOUR LOCAL WEATHER OFFICE.
 
THE NEXT ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE CENTRAL PACIFIC
HURRICANE CENTER AT 11 PM HST.
 
MATSUDA