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TROPICAL STORM KIKA ADVISORY NUMBER  10
NWS CENTRAL PACIFIC HURRICANE CENTER HONOLULU HI   CP012008
1100 PM HST FRI AUG 08 2008

...KIKA BACK TO TROPICAL STORM STRENGTH...

AT 1100 PM HST...0900Z...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM KIKA WAS 
LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 10.1 NORTH...LONGITUDE 156.5 WEST OR ABOUT 
780 MILES SOUTH OF HONOLULU HAWAII AND ABOUT 985 MILES 
EAST-SOUTHEAST OF JOHNSTON ISLAND.
 
THERE IS A SLIGHT CHANCE KIKA COULD PRODUCE TROPICAL STORM 
CONDITIONS ON JOHNSTON ISLAND IN ABOUT 72 HOURS. INTERESTS AROUND 
JOHNSTON ISLAND SHOULD MONITOR THE PROGRESS OF KIKA.

KIKA IS MOVING TOWARD THE WEST NEAR 14 MPH...AND THIS MOTION IS 
EXPECTED TO CONTINUE OVER THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS.
 
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 40 MPH...WITH HIGHER GUSTS. 
GRADUAL STRENGTHENING IS FORECAST OVER THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS.
 
TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 35 MILES FROM THE 
CENTER.
 
ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 1008 MB...29.77 INCHES.
 
REPEATING THE 1100 PM HST POSITION...10.1 N...156.5 W. MOVEMENT 
TOWARD...WEST NEAR 14 MPH. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...40 MPH. 
MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...1008 MB.
 
THE NEXT ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE CENTRAL PACIFIC HURRICANE 
CENTER AT 500 AM HST.

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FORECASTER BIRCHARD