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TCPCP1

BULLETIN
TROPICAL STORM KIKA ADVISORY NUMBER  15
NWS CENTRAL PACIFIC HURRICANE CENTER HONOLULU HI   CP012008
500 AM HST SUN AUG 10 2008

...KIKA CONTINUES MOVING WESTWARD AWAY FROM THE MAIN HAWAIIAN 
ISLANDS...
 
AT 500 AM HST...1500Z...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM KIKA WAS 
LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 9.8 NORTH...LONGITUDE 162.1 WEST OR ABOUT 
840 MILES SOUTH-SOUTHWEST OF HONOLULU HAWAII AND ABOUT 690 MILES 
SOUTHEAST OF JOHNSTON ISLAND.
 
KIKA IS MOVING TOWARD THE WEST NEAR 14 MPH AND THIS MOTION IS 
EXPECTED TO CONTINUE FOR THE NEXT 48 HOURS.
 
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 40 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS. SLOW 
INTENSIFICATION IS FORECAST DURING THE NEXT 48 HOURS.
 
TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 45 MILES FROM THE 
CENTER.
 
ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 1008 MB...29.77 INCHES.
 
REPEATING THE 500 AM HST POSITION...9.8 N...162.1 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 1100 AM HST.
 
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FORECASTER DONALDSON