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TROPICAL STORM KENNETH ADVISORY NUMBER  48
NWS CENTRAL PACIFIC HURRICANE CENTER HONOLULU HI
5 AM HST MON SEP 26 2005

...KENNETH WEAKENS TO A TROPICAL STORM...
 
AT 5 AM HST...1500Z...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM KENNETH WAS
LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 14.8 NORTH LONGITUDE 141.1 WEST OR ABOUT 985
MILES EAST-SOUTHEAST OF HILO...HAWAII.
 
KENNETH IS MOVING TOWARD THE WEST-SOUTHWEST NEAR 6 MPH AND THIS
MOTION IS EXPECTED TO VEER TO THE NORTHWEST LATER TODAY.
 
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 70 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS.
ADDITIONAL WEAKENING IS FORECAST DURING THE NEXT 24 HOURS.
 
TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 80 MILES FROM THE
CENTER.
 
ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 990 MB...29.23 INCHES.
  
REPEATING THE 5 AM HST POSITION 14.8 N 141.1 W.  MOVEMENT TOWARD THE
WEST-SOUTHWEST NEAR 6 MPH.  MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS 70 MPH. 
MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE 990 MB.
 
THE NEXT ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE CENTRAL PACIFIC HURRICANE
CENTER AT 11 AM HST.
 
FORECASTER HOUSTON/DONALDSON
  
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