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TROPICAL STORM FELICIA ADVISORY NUMBER  27
NWS CENTRAL PACIFIC HURRICANE CENTER HONOLULU HI   EP082009
1100 PM HST SUN AUG 09 2009

...FELICIA CONTINUES MOVING TOWARD THE HAWAIIAN ISLANDS WITH NO 
SIGNS OF WEAKENING THIS EVENING...
 
A TROPICAL STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR OAHU...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 36 TO 48 HOURS.
 
INTERESTS ON KAUAI AND NIIHAU SHOULD CONTINUE TO CLOSELY MONITOR 
THE FUTURE PROGRESS OF FELICIA.
 
AT 1100 PM HST...0900 UTC...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM FELICIA 
WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 21.0 NORTH...LONGITUDE 149.2 WEST OR 
ABOUT 395 MILES EAST-NORTHEAST OF HILO...HAWAII AND ABOUT 560 
MILES EAST OF HONOLULU...HAWAII.
 
FELICIA IS MOVING TOWARD THE WEST NEAR 10 MPH AND THIS MOTION IS 
EXPECTED TO CONTINUE THROUGH TUESDAY. ON THIS TRACK...THE OUTER 
WINDS FROM FELICIA ARE EXPECTED TO REACH THE EASTERNMOST HAWAIIAN 
ISLANDS MONDAY NIGHT.
 
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 50 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS. GRADUAL 
WEAKENING IS FORECAST DURING THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS. FELICIA IS 
EXPECTED TO REACH THE HAWAIIAN ISLANDS AS EITHER A TROPICAL STORM 
OR A TROPICAL DEPRESSION.
 
TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS NOW EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 140 MILES FROM 
THE CENTER.
 
THE LATEST MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE REPORTED BY THE U.S. AIR FORCE 
RECONNAISSANCE AIRCRAFT IS 1005 MB...29.68 INCHES.
 
EVEN THOUGH FELICIA IS STILL EAST OF THE HAWAIIAN ISLANDS...A 
BUILDING SWELL GENERATED BY THE TROPICAL CYCLONE HAS ALREADY 
REACHED THE EAST FACING SHORES OF THE BIG ISLAND AND MAUI. THIS 
LARGE SWELL WILL BEGIN TO IMPACT THE REMAINING HAWAIIAN ISLANDS 
LATER TONIGHT AND MONDAY.
 
REGARDLESS OF THE INTENSITY OF FELICIA WHEN IT REACHES THE HAWAIIAN 
ISLANDS...HEAVY RAINS ARE STILL EXPECTED TO OCCUR AND FLASH 
FLOODING REMAINS A POSSIBILITY.
 
...SUMMARY OF 1100 PM HST INFORMATION...
LOCATION...21.0N 149.2W
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...50 MPH
PRESENT MOVEMENT...WEST OR 270 DEGREES AT 10 MPH
MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...1005 MB
 
AN INTERMEDIATE ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE CENTRAL PACIFIC 
HURRICANE CENTER AT 200 AM HST FOLLOWED BY THE NEXT COMPLETE 
ADVISORY AT 500 AM HST.
 
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FORECASTER HOUSTON