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TROPICAL DEPRESSION TWO-C ADVISORY NUMBER   3
NWS CENTRAL PACIFIC HURRICANE CENTER HONOLULU HI   CP022009
500 AM HST SAT AUG 29 2009

...TROPICAL DEPRESSION TWO-C APPROACHING THE INTERNATIONAL 
DATELINE...
 
AT 500 AM HST...1500 UTC...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL DEPRESSION 
TWO-C WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 14.5 NORTH...LONGITUDE 179.1 WEST 
OR ABOUT 655 MILES WEST-SOUTHWEST OF JOHNSTON ISLAND...AND ABOUT 
1470 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 AT A SLIGHTLY FASTER 
FORWARD SPEED EXPECTED LATER TODAY AND TONIGHT. ON THIS TRACK...
TWO-C IS EXPECTED TO CROSS THE INTERNATIONAL DATELINE INTO THE 
NORTHWESTERN PACIFIC LATER TODAY.
 
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 35 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS. SLOW 
INTENSIFICATION IS POSSIBLE DURING THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS...AND 
THE DEPRESSION COULD BECOME A TROPICAL STORM LATER TODAY OR SUNDAY. 
 
ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 1007 MB...29.74 INCHES.
 
...SUMMARY OF 500 AM HST INFORMATION...
LOCATION...14.5N 179.1W
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...35 MPH
PRESENT MOVEMENT...WEST OR 270 DEGREES AT 7 MPH
MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...1007 MB
 
THE NEXT ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE CENTRAL PACIFIC HURRICANE 
CENTER AT 1100 AM HST.
 
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FORECASTER HOUSTON