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Several agencies announced on Monday that they will close their facilities, including all Big Island public schools, on Tuesday because of Hurricane Flossie. The Department of Education announced that the closure will also affects public charter schools and the two adult schools in Hilo and Kona, officials said. State Civil Defense officials recommended the closings, the DOE said. The University of Hawaii at Hilo and the Big Island community colleges said they will close on Tuesday. Officials at Hawaii Volcanoes National Park said they would close a number of areas of the park in response to the hurricane as well.

HURRICANE FLOSSIE DISCUSSION NUMBER 14 NWS CENTRAL PACIFIC HURRICANE CENTER HONOLULU HI EP092007 500 PM HST SAT AUG 11 2007 A BURST OF EYEWALL CONVECTION AND SIGNIFICANT WARMING IN THE EYE ITSELF AS DETECTED IN INFRARED DATA PUSHED SUBJECTIVE DVORAK INTENSITY ESTIMATES TO 127 KT FROM BOTH PHFO AND SAB. THE OBJECTIVE DVORAK ESTIMATE CAME IN AT 120 KT. SINCE CLOUD TOP TEMPERATURES HAVE WARMED SOMEWHAT SINCE THE FIX...WILL FAVOR THE MORE CONSERVATIVE VALUE OF 120 KT AS THE INITIAL INTENSITY OR CATEGORY 4 ON THE SAFFIR-SIMPSON SCALE. FLOSSIE IS MOVING TOWARD THE WEST NORTHWEST AT 11 KT TO...

000 WTPZ44 KNHC 110234 TCDEP4 HURRICANE FLOSSIE DISCUSSION NUMBER 10 NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL EP092007 800 PM PDT FRI AUG 10 2007 WHILE FLOSSIE HAS MAINTAINED ITS CONVECTIVE VIGOR...THE EYE IS NOW A BIT RAGGED. STILL...THIS COULD BE A TEMPORARY TREND AND THE INITIAL INTENSITY IS HELD AT 75 KT IN LINE WITH A CONSENSUS OF THE VARIOUS SATELLITE ESTIMATES. CONDITIONS APPEAR FAVORABLE FOR A LITTLE MORE STRENGTHENING AND INTENSITY GUIDANCE INDICATES THAT FLOSSIE WILL REACH ITS PEAK INTENSITY DURING THE NEXT DAY OR SO. THEREAFTER...SLOW WEAKENING IS EXPECTED AS THE CYCLONE ENCOUNTERS COOLER WATER AND AN...