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TCPCP2

BULLETIN
TROPICAL STORM FELICIA ADVISORY NUMBER  30
NWS CENTRAL PACIFIC HURRICANE CENTER HONOLULU HI   EP082009
500 PM HST MON AUG 10 2009

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 24 HOURS.
 
FOR STORM INFORMATION SPECIFIC TO YOUR AREA...PLEASE MONITOR 
PRODUCTS ISSUED BY YOUR LOCAL NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST 
OFFICE. 
 
AT 500 PM HST...0300 UTC...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM FELICIA 
WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 20.9 NORTH...LONGITUDE 152.1 WEST...OR 
ABOUT 210 MILES...EAST-NORTHEAST OF HILO HAWAII AND ABOUT 375 
MILES...EAST OF HONOLULU HAWAII.
 
FELICIA IS MOVING TOWARD THE WEST NEAR 10 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 WITH RAINBANDS BEGINNING TO AFFECT THE ISLANDS OVERNIGHT. 
 
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 40 MPH...WITH HIGHER GUSTS. 
WEAKENING IS FORECAST DURING THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS. 
 
TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 140 MILES FROM THE 
CENTER.
 
ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE 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 TONIGHT AND TUESDAY. ALSO...REGARDLESS OF THE INTENSITY OF 
FELICIA WHEN IT REACHES THE HAWAIIAN ISLANDS...LOCALLY HEAVY 
RAINFALL MAY OCCUR AND FLASH FLOODING REMAINS A POSSIBILITY.

...SUMMARY OF 500 PM HST INFORMATION...
LOCATION...20.9N 152.1W
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...40 MPH
PRESENT MOVEMENT...WEST OR 270 DEGREES AT 10 MPH
MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...1007 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 BURKE/KNABB