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TCPCP2

BULLETIN
TROPICAL STORM FELICIA ADVISORY NUMBER  29
NWS CENTRAL PACIFIC HURRICANE CENTER HONOLULU HI   EP082009
1100 AM HST MON AUG 10 2009

...TROPICAL STORM FELICIA CONTINUES MOVING WESTWARD TOWARD THE 
HAWAIIAN ISLANDS...
 
AT 1100 AM HST...2100 UTC...THE TROPICAL STORM WATCH FOR THE BIG 
ISLAND HAS BEEN DISCONTINUED. A TROPICAL STORM WATCH REMAINS IN 
EFFECT FOR OAHU 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...IN THIS CASE WITHIN THE NEXT 36 HOURS.
 
AT 1100 AM HST...2100 UTC...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM FELICIA 
WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 20.9 NORTH...LONGITUDE 151.1 WEST OR 
ABOUT 270 MILES EAST-NORTHEAST OF HILO HAWAII AND ABOUT 440 MILES 
EAST OF HONOLULU HAWAII.
 
FELICIA IS MOVING TOWARD THE WEST NEAR 12 MPH AND THIS MOTION IS 
EXPECTED TO CONTINUE FOR THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS. ON THIS TRACK...
THE CENTER OF FELICIA IS EXPECTED TO REACH THE HAWAIIAN ISLANDS ON 
TUESDAY.
 
DATA FROM AN AIR FORCE RECONNAISSANCE AIRCRAFT INDICATES THAT 
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS REMAIN NEAR 45 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS. 
WEAKENING IS FORECAST DURING THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS. FELICIA IS 
EXPECTED TO REACH THE MAIN HAWAIIAN ISLANDS AS EITHER A TROPICAL 
DEPRESSION...OR POSSIBLY A TROPICAL STORM IF THE EXPECTED 
WEAKENING DOES NOT OCCUR. IN EITHER CASE...THE STRONGEST WINDS ARE 
EXPECTED TO BE NORTH OF THE CIRCULATION CENTER AND OCCUR MOSTLY 
OVER WATERS NORTH OF THE ISLANDS.
 
TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 140 MILES NORTH OF 
THE CENTER.
 
MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE MEASURED BY AIR FORCE RECONNAISSANCE IS 
1007 MB...29.74 INCHES.

A LARGE SWELL GENERATED BY FELICIA IS ALREADY AFFECTING THE MAIN 
HAWAIIAN ISLANDS. THIS SWELL WILL CONTINUE TO BUILD ACROSS THE 
STATE TODAY AND TONIGHT. ALSO...REGARDLESS OF THE INTENSITY OF 
FELICIA WHEN IT REACHES THE HAWAIIAN ISLANDS...LOCALLY HEAVY 
RAINFALL IS STILL EXPECTED TO OCCUR AND FLASH FLOODING REMAINS A 
POSSIBILITY.

...SUMMARY OF 1100 AM HST INFORMATION...
LOCATION...20.9N 151.1W
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...45 MPH
PRESENT MOVEMENT...WEST OR 270 DEGREES AT 12 MPH
MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...1007 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 BURKE/KNABB