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TROPICAL STORM FELICIA ADVISORY NUMBER  24
NWS CENTRAL PACIFIC HURRICANE CENTER HONOLULU HI   EP082009
500 AM HST SUN AUG 09 2009

...FELICIA DOWNGRADED TO A TROPICAL STORM...BUT STILL AIMED 
TOWARD THE HAWAIIAN ISLANDS...
 
A TROPICAL STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT 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 MAY BE REQUIRED FOR 
SOME OF THESE AREAS LATER TODAY.
 
AT 500 AM HST...1500 UTC...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM FELICIA 
WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 20.6 NORTH...LONGITUDE 146.0 WEST OR 
ABOUT 595 MILES EAST OF HILO...HAWAII AND ABOUT 770 MILES EAST OF 
HONOLULU...HAWAII.
 
FELICIA IS MOVING TOWARD THE WEST NEAR 15 MPH...AND THIS MOTION IS 
EXPECTED TO CONTINUE THROUGH MONDAY NIGHT. ON THIS TRACK...FELICIA 
IS EXPECTED TO BE NEAR...OR OVER...THE HAWAIIAN ISLANDS BY LATE 
MONDAY.
 
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 70 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS. SOME 
ADDITIONAL WEAKENING IS FORECAST DURING THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS. 
HOURS. 

TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 105 MILES FROM THE 
CENTER.
 
ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 994 MB...29.35 INCHES.

EVEN THOUGH FELICIA IS STILL FAR EAST OF THE HAWAIIAN ISLANDS THIS 
MORNING...A BUILDING SWELL GENERATED BY THE TROPICAL CYCLONE WILL 
BEGIN TO IMPACT EAST FACING SHORES OF THE EASTERN HAWAIIAN ISLANDS 
LATER TODAY. LARGE SURF IS EXPECTED TO SPREAD TO EAST FACING SHORES 
OF ALL ISLANDS TONIGHT AND MONDAY.
 
...SUMMARY OF 500 AM HST INFORMATION...
LOCATION...20.6N 146.0W
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...70 MPH
PRESENT MOVEMENT...WEST OR 280 DEGREES AT 15 MPH
MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...994 MB
 
AN INTERMEDIATE ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE CENTRAL PACIFIC 
HURRICANE CENTER AT 800 AM HST FOLLOWED BY THE NEXT COMPLETE 
ADVISORY AT 1100 AM HST.
 
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FORECASTER HOUSTON/WROE