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WTPA31 PHFO 310832
TCPCP1
BULLETIN
TROPICAL STORM LANA ADVISORY NUMBER   4
NWS CENTRAL PACIFIC HURRICANE CENTER HONOLULU HI   EP062009
ISSUED BY NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
1100 PM HST THU JUL 30 2009

...LANA CONTINUING WEST-NORTHWESTWARD...LITTLE CHANGE IN STRENGTH
DURING THE PAST SEVERAL HOURS...
 
AT 1100 PM HST...0900 UTC...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM LANA WAS
LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 13.3 NORTH...LONGITUDE 144.6 WEST OR ABOUT 825
MILES...1325 KM...EAST-SOUTHEAST OF HILO HAWAII.
 
LANA IS MOVING TOWARD THE WEST-NORTHWEST NEAR 20 MPH...32 KM/HR.
A GENERALLY WESTWARD MOTION WITH A GRADUAL DECREASE IN FORWARD SPEED
IS EXPECTED DURING THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS.

MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 60 MPH...95 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER
GUSTS.  SOME STRENGTHENING IS FORECAST DURING THE NEXT 24 HOURS AND
LANA COULD BECOME A HURRICANE ON FRIDAY.  
 
TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 85 MILES...140 KM
FROM THE CENTER.
 
ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 997 MB...29.44 INCHES.
 
...SUMMARY OF 1100 PM HST INFORMATION...
LOCATION...13.3N 144.6W
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...60 MPH
PRESENT MOVEMENT...WEST-NORTHWEST OR 285 DEGREES AT 20 MPH
MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...997 MB
 
THE NEXT ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE CENTRAL PACIFIC HURRICANE
CENTER AT 500 AM HST.
 
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FORECASTER BEVEN