WTPA22 PHFO 100246
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TROPICAL STORM FELICIA FORECAST/ADVISORY NUMBER  26
NWS CENTRAL PACIFIC HURRICANE CENTER HONOLULU HI   EP082009
0300 UTC MON AUG 10 2009
 
AT 500 PM HST...0300 UTC...A TROPICAL STORM WATCH HAS BEEN EXPANDED
TO INCLUDE THE ISLAND OF OAHU. A TROPICAL STORM WATCH IS NOW IN
EFFECT FOR THE BIG ISLAND OF HAWAII...FOR ALL OF MAUI
COUNTY...WHICH INCLUDES THE ISLANDS OF MAUI... KAHOOLAWE...
LANAI...AND MOLOKAI...AND FOR THE ISLAND OF OAHU. A TROPICAL STORM
WATCH MEANS THAT TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS ARE POSSIBLE WITHIN THE
WATCH AREA...GENERALLY WITHIN THE NEXT 48 HOURS.
 
INTERESTS IN KAUAI AND NIIHAU SHOULD CLOSELY MONITOR THE PROGRESS OF
FELICIA.
 
TROPICAL STORM CENTER LOCATED NEAR 21.2N 148.4W AT 10/0300Z
POSITION ACCURATE WITHIN  10 NM
 
PRESENT MOVEMENT TOWARD THE WEST OR 280 DEGREES AT  12 KT
 
ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE 1002 MB
MAX SUSTAINED WINDS  45 KT WITH GUSTS TO  55 KT.
34 KT.......100NE  70SE   0SW 100NW.
12 FT SEAS..125NE  70SE  50SW 125NW.
WINDS AND SEAS VARY GREATLY IN EACH QUADRANT.  RADII IN NAUTICAL
MILES ARE THE LARGEST RADII EXPECTED ANYWHERE IN THAT QUADRANT.
 
REPEAT...CENTER LOCATED NEAR 21.2N 148.4W AT 10/0300Z
AT 10/0000Z CENTER WAS LOCATED NEAR 21.1N 147.8W
 
FORECAST VALID 10/1200Z 21.2N 150.2W
MAX WIND  40 KT...GUSTS  50 KT.
34 KT... 90NE  60SE   0SW  90NW.
 
FORECAST VALID 11/0000Z 21.2N 152.6W
MAX WIND  35 KT...GUSTS  45 KT.
34 KT... 75NE  50SE   0SW  75NW.
 
FORECAST VALID 11/1200Z 21.3N 154.8W
MAX WIND  35 KT...GUSTS  45 KT.
34 KT... 75NE  50SE   0SW  75NW.
 
FORECAST VALID 12/0000Z 21.4N 156.9W
MAX WIND  35 KT...GUSTS  45 KT.
34 KT... 75NE  50SE   0SW  75NW.
 
FORECAST VALID 13/0000Z 21.9N 161.2W
MAX WIND  30 KT...GUSTS  40 KT.
 
EXTENDED OUTLOOK. NOTE...ERRORS FOR TRACK HAVE AVERAGED NEAR 200 NM
ON DAY 4 AND 225 NM ON DAY 5...AND FOR INTENSITY NEAR 20 KT EACH DAY
 
OUTLOOK VALID 14/0000Z 22.9N 165.2W...DISSIPATING
MAX WIND  25 KT...GUSTS  35 KT.
 
OUTLOOK VALID 15/0000Z 24.4N 169.2W...REMNANT LOW
MAX WIND  20 KT...GUSTS  25 KT.
 
REQUEST FOR 3 HOURLY SHIP REPORTS WITHIN 300 MILES OF 21.2N 148.4W
 
NEXT ADVISORY AT 10/0900Z
 
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FORECASTER KODAMA/KNABB