WTPA32 PHFO 092047
TCPCP2

BULLETIN
TROPICAL STORM FELICIA ADVISORY NUMBER  25
NWS CENTRAL PACIFIC HURRICANE CENTER HONOLULU HI   EP082009
1100 AM HST SUN AUG 09 2009

...AIR FORCE RECONNAISSANCE CONFIRMS FELICIA STILL A TROPICAL 
STORM...
 
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.
 
INTERESTS IN THE REMAINDER OF THE STATE OF HAWAII...INCLUDING THE 
ISLANDS OF OAHU...KAUAI...AND NIIHAU...SHOULD CLOSELY MONITOR 
THE PROGRESS OF FELICIA.
 
AT 1100 AM HST...2100 UTC...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM FELICIA 
WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 21.0 NORTH...LONGITUDE 147.1 WEST OR 
ABOUT 525 MILES EAST OF HILO HAWAII AND ABOUT 695 MILES EAST OF 
HONOLULU HAWAII.
 
FELICIA IS MOVING TOWARD THE WEST NEAR 14 MPH AND THIS MOTION IS 
EXPECTED TO CONTINUE FOR THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS. ON THIS TRACK...
THE CENTER OF FELICIA IS EXPECTED TO BE NEAR...OR OVER...THE 
HAWAIIAN ISLANDS BY LATE MONDAY OR EARLY TUESDAY.
 
AIR FORCE RECONNAISSANCE INDICATES MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 
50 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS. GRADUAL WEAKENING IS FORECAST FOR THE 
NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS. FELICIA COULD STILL REACH THE HAWAIIAN ISLANDS 
AS EITHER A TROPICAL DEPRESSION OR A TROPICAL STORM.
 
TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 105 MILES FROM THE 
CENTER.
 
MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE REPORTED BY AIRCRAFT IS 1002 MB...29.59 
INCHES.

EVEN THOUGH FELICIA IS STILL EAST OF THE HAWAIIIAN 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 1100 AM HST INFORMATION...
LOCATION...21.0N 147.1W
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...50 MPH
PRESENT MOVEMENT...WEST OR 280 DEGREES AT 14 MPH
MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...1002 MB
 
AN INTERMEDIATE ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE CENTRAL PACIFIC 
HURRICANE CENTER AT 200 PM HST FOLLOWED BY THE NEXT COMPLETE 
ADVISORY AT 500 PM HST.
 
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FORECASTER POWELL/KNABB