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BULLETIN
TROPICAL STORM FELICIA ADVISORY NUMBER  26
NWS CENTRAL PACIFIC HURRICANE CENTER HONOLULU HI   EP082009
500 PM HST SUN AUG 09 2009

...FELICIA SHOWS LITTLE CHANGE IN MOTION AND INTENSITY THROUGH THE 
AFTERNOON...

AT 500 PM HST...0300 UTC...A TROPICAL STORM WATCH HAS BEEN 
EXPANDED TO INCLUDE THE ISLAND OF OAHU. A TROPICAL STORM WATCH IS 
NOW IN EFFECT FOR THE BIG ISLAND OF HAWAII...FOR ALL OF MAUI 
COUNTY...WHICH INCLUDES THE ISLANDS OF MAUI...KAHOOLAWE...
LANAI...AND MOLOKAI...AND FOR THE ISLAND OF OAHU. A TROPICAL 
STORM WATCH MEANS THAT TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS ARE POSSIBLE 
WITHIN THE WATCH AREA...GENERALLY WITHIN THE NEXT 48 HOURS.
 
INTERESTS IN KAUAI AND NIIHAU SHOULD CLOSELY MONITOR THE PROGRESS 
OF FELICIA.
 
AT 500 PM HST...0300 UTC...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM FELICIA 
WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 21.2 NORTH...LONGITUDE 148.4 WEST OR 
ABOUT 445 MILES EAST-NORTHEAST OF HILO HAWAII AND ABOUT 610 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 DATA SHOWED 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 115 MILES FROM THE 
CENTER.
 
ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 1002 MB...29.59 INCHES.
 
EVEN THOUGH FELICIA IS STILL EAST OF THE HAWAIIIAN ISLANDS...A 
BUILDING SWELL GENERATED BY THE TROPICAL CYCLONE HAS ALREADY 
REACHED THE EAST FACING SHORES OF THE BIG ISLAND TODAY AND WILL 
BEGIN TO IMPACT THE REMAINING HAWAIIAN ISLANDS TONIGHT AND TOMORROW.

REGARDLESS OF THE STRENGTH OF FELICIA WHEN IT REACHES THE HAWAIIAN 
ISLANDS...HEAVY RAINS ARE STILL EXPECTED TO OCCUR AND FLASH 
FLOODING REMAINS A POSSIBILITY.
 
...SUMMARY OF 500 PM HST INFORMATION...
LOCATION...21.2N 148.4W
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 800 PM HST FOLLOWED BY THE NEXT COMPLETE 
ADVISORY AT 1100 PM HST.
 
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FORECASTER KODAMA/KNABB