WTPA31 PHFO 081451
TCPCP1

BULLETIN
TROPICAL STORM KIKA ADVISORY NUMBER   7
NWS CENTRAL PACIFIC HURRICANE CENTER HONOLULU HI   CP012008
500 AM HST FRI AUG 08 2008

...KIKA REMAINS ON TRACK TO STAY WELL SOUTH OF THE MAIN HAWAIIAN 
ISLANDS...
 
AT 500 AM HST...1500Z...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM KIKA WAS 
LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 11.3 NORTH...LONGITUDE 153.2 WEST OR ABOUT 
760 MILES SOUTH-SOUTHEAST OF HONOLULU HAWAII AND ABOUT 1155 MILES 
EAST-SOUTHEAST OF JOHNSTON ISLAND.
 
KIKA IS MOVING TOWARD THE WEST NEAR 13 MPH...AND THIS MOTION IS 
EXPECTED TO CONTINUE FOR THE NEXT 48 HOURS.
 
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 40 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS. LITTLE 
CHANGE IN STRENGTH IS EXPECTED TODAY WITH GRADUAL STRENGTHENING 
FORECAST LATER TONIGHT AND SATURDAY.
 
TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 50 MILES FROM THE 
CENTER.
 
ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 1008 MB...29.77 INCHES.
 
REPEATING THE 500 AM HST POSITION...11.3 N...153.2 W. MOVEMENT 
TOWARD...WEST NEAR 13 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 HOUSTON/WROE