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WTPA31 PHFO 310250
TCPCP1
BULLETIN
TROPICAL STORM LANA ADVISORY NUMBER   3
NWS CENTRAL PACIFIC HURRICANE CENTER HONOLULU HI   EP062009
ISSUED BY NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
500 PM HST THU JUL 30 2009

...LANA STRENGTHENING QUICKLY OVER OPEN WATERS...
 
AT 500 PM HST...0300 UTC...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM LANA WAS
LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 12.8 NORTH...LONGITUDE 143.1 WEST OR ABOUT 925
MILES...1490 KM...EAST-SOUTHEAST OF HILO HAWAII.
 
LANA IS MOVING TOWARD THE WEST-NORTHWEST NEAR 20 MPH...32 KM/HR...
AND THIS GENERAL MOTION IS EXPECTED FOR THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS.  
 
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 60 MPH...95 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER
GUSTS.  ADDITIONAL STRENGTHENING IS FORECAST AND LANA COULD BECOME A
HURRICANE TOMORROW.  
 
TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 85 MILES...140 KM
FROM THE CENTER.
 
THE ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 998 MB...29.47 INCHES.

...SUMMARY OF 500 PM HST INFORMATION...
LOCATION...12.8N 143.1W
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...60 MPH
PRESENT MOVEMENT...WEST-NORTHWEST OR 285 DEGREES AT 20 MPH
MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...998 MB
 
THE NEXT ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE CENTRAL PACIFIC HURRICANE
CENTER AT 1100 PM HST.
 
$$
FORECASTER BLAKE