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HURRICANE FELICIA ADVISORY NUMBER  22
NWS CENTRAL PACIFIC HURRICANE CENTER HONOLULU HI   EP082009
500 PM HST SAT AUG 08 2009

...FELICIA MARCHING WESTWARD...TROPICAL STORM WATCHES ISSUED...
 
AT 500 PM HST...0300 UTC...A TROPICAL STORM WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED 
FOR THE BIG ISLAND OF HAWAII...AND FOR ALL OF MAUI COUNTY...WHICH 
INCLUDES THE ISLANDS OF MAUI...KAHOOLAWE...LANAI...AND MOLOKAI. 
A TROPICAL STORM WATCH MEANS THAT TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS ARE 
POSSIBLE WITHIN THE WATCH AREA...GENERALLY WITHIN THE NEXT 48 HOURS.
 
INTERESTS IN THE REMAINDER OF THE STATE OF HAWAII...INCLUDING THE 
ISLANDS OF OAHU...KAUAI...AND NIIHAU...SHOULD CLOSELY MONITOR 
THE PROGRESS OF FELICIA. A TROPICAL STORM WATCH COULD BE REQUIRED 
FOR THESE AREAS LATER TONIGHT.
 
AT 500 PM HST...0300 UTC...THE CENTER OF HURRICANE FELICIA WAS 
LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 20.1 NORTH...LONGITUDE 143.4 WEST OR ABOUT 
760 MILES EAST OF HILO HAWAII AND ABOUT 940 MILES...EAST OF 
HONOLULU HAWAII.
 
FELICIA IS MOVING TOWARD THE WEST NEAR 15 MPH AND THIS GENERAL 
MOTION IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE FOR THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS. ON THIS 
TRACK...FELICIA IS EXPECTED TO BE NEAR OR OVER THE HAWAIIAN 
ISLANDS BY MONDAY.
 
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 85 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS. FELICIA 
IS A CATEGORY ONE HURRICANE ON THE SAFFIR-SIMPSON SCALE. SLOW 
WEAKENING IS FORECAST DURING THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS...AND FELICIA 
COULD BECOME A TROPICAL STORM WITHIN THE NEXT 24 HOURS.
 
HURRICANE FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 35 MILES FROM THE 
CENTER...AND TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 115 
MILES.
 
THE ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE BASED ON RECENT AIR FORCE 
RECONNAISSANCE DATA IS 982 MB...29.00 INCHES.
 
...SUMMARY OF 500 PM HST INFORMATION...
LOCATION...20.1N 143.4W
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...85 MPH
PRESENT MOVEMENT...WEST OR 280 DEGREES AT 15 MPH
MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...982 MB
 
AN INTERMEDIATE ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE CENTRAL PACIFIC 
HURRICANE CENTER AT 800 PM HST FOLLOWED BY THE NEXT COMPLETE 
ADVISORY AT 1100 PM HST.
 
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FORECASTER KNABB/R BALLARD