000
WTPA31 PHFO 311438
TCPCP1
BULLETIN
TROPICAL STORM LANA ADVISORY NUMBER   5
NWS CENTRAL PACIFIC HURRICANE CENTER HONOLULU HI   EP062009
ISSUED BY NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
500 AM HST FRI JUL 31 2009
 
...LANA WEAKENS A LITTLE AS IT CONTINUES TOWARD THE
WEST-NORTHWEST...

AT 500 AM HST...1500 UTC...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM LANA WAS
LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 13.6 NORTH...LONGITUDE 146.3 WEST OR ABOUT 720
MILES...1155 KM...SOUTHEAST OF HILO HAWAII.
 
LANA IS MOVING TOWARD THE WEST-NORTHWEST NEAR 18 MPH...30 KM/HR. A
GENERALLY WESTWARD MOTION WITH A GRADUAL DECREASE IN FORWARD SPEED
IS EXPECTED DURING THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS. ON THIS TRACK...THE AREA
OF STRONGEST WINDS ASSOCIATED WITH LANA SHOULD BE PASSING WELL TO
THE SOUTH OF THE HAWAIIAN ISLANDS IN ABOUT 36 TO 48 HOURS. 
 
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS HAVE DECREASED TO NEAR 50 MPH...85
KM/HR...WITH HIGHER GUSTS.  NO SIGNIFICANT CHANGE IN STRENGTH IS
FORECAST DURING THE NEXT DAY OR TWO.
 
TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 85 MILES...140 KM
FROM THE CENTER.
 
ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 1000 MB...29.53 INCHES.
 
...SUMMARY OF 500 AM HST INFORMATION...
LOCATION...13.6N 146.3W
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...50 MPH
PRESENT MOVEMENT...WEST-NORTHWEST OR 285 DEGREES AT 18 MPH
MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...1000 MB
 
THE NEXT ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE CENTRAL PACIFIC HURRICANE
CENTER AT 1100 AM HST.
 
$$
FORECASTER AVILA