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BULLETIN
TROPICAL DEPRESSION TWO-C ADVISORY NUMBER   1
NWS CENTRAL PACIFIC HURRICANE CENTER HONOLULU HI   CP022009
500 PM HST FRI AUG 28 2009

...NEW DEPRESSION FORMS NEAR THE INTERNATIONAL DATELINE...
 
AT 500 PM HST...0300 UTC...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL DEPRESSION 
TWO-C WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 14.9 NORTH...LONGITUDE 177.7 WEST 
OR ABOUT 560 MILES WEST-SOUTHWEST OF JOHNSTON ISLAND AND ABOUT 1370 
MILES WEST-SOUTHWEST OF HONOLULU HAWAII.
 
THE DEPRESSION IS MOVING TOWARD THE WEST NEAR 7 MPH. THIS GENERAL 
MOTION IS FORECAST TO CONTINUE DURING THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS...
WITH A GRADUAL TURN TOWARD THE WEST-NORTHWEST. ON THIS TRACK...THE 
SYSTEM WILL BE CROSSING THE INTERNATIONAL DATELINE IN BETWEEN 
JOHNSTON ATOLL AND THE MARSHALL ISLANDS DURING THE NEXT COUPLE OF 
DAYS.
 
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 35 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS. SLOW 
STRENGTHENING IS POSSIBLE DURING THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS...AND THE 
DEPRESSION COULD BECOME A TROPICAL STORM BY SATURDAY.
 
ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 1007 MB...29.74 INCHES.
 
...SUMMARY OF 500 PM HST INFORMATION...
LOCATION...14.9N 177.7W
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...35 MPH
PRESENT MOVEMENT...WEST OR 280 DEGREES AT 7 MPH
MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...1007 MB
 
THE NEXT ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE CENTRAL PACIFIC HURRICANE 
CENTER AT 1100 PM HST.
 
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FORECASTER KNABB