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HURRICANE FELICIA INTERMEDIATE ADVISORY NUMBER  22A
NWS CENTRAL PACIFIC HURRICANE CENTER HONOLULU HI   EP082009
800 PM HST SAT AUG 08 2009

...FELICIA CONTINUES MOVING WESTWARD TOWARD THE HAWAIIAN 
ISLANDS...
 
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. A TROPICAL STORM 
WATCH MEANS THAT TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS ARE POSSIBLE WITHIN THE 
WATCH AREA...GENERALLY WITHIN THE NEXT 48 HOURS.
 
INTERESTS IN THE REMAINDER OF THE STATE OF HAWAII...INCLUDING THE 
ISLANDS OF OAHU...KAUAI...AND NIIHAU...SHOULD CLOSELY MONITOR 
THE FUTURE PROGRESS OF FELICIA. A TROPICAL STORM WATCH MAY BE 
REQUIRED FOR SOME OF THESE AREAS ON SUNDAY MORNING.
 
AT 800 PM HST...0600 UTC...THE CENTER OF HURRICANE FELICIA WAS 
LOCATED BY AN AIR FORCE RECONNAISSANCE AIRCRAFT NEAR LATITUDE 20.2 
NORTH...LONGITUDE 144.0 WEST OR ABOUT 720 MILES EAST OF HILO...
HAWAII AND ABOUT 900 MILES EAST OF HONOLULU...HAWAII.
 
FELICIA IS MOVING TOWARD THE WEST NEAR 15 MPH...AND THIS GENERAL 
MOTION IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE FOR THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS. ON THIS 
TRACK...FELICIA IS EXPECTED TO BE NEAR OR OVER THE HAWAIIAN 
ISLANDS BY MONDAY.
 
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NOW 80 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS. FELICIA IS 
A CATEGORY ONE HURRICANE ON THE SAFFIR-SIMPSON SCALE. ADDITIONAL 
SLOW WEAKENING IS FORECAST DURING THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS...AND 
FELICIA COULD BECOME A TROPICAL STORM WITHIN THE NEXT 12 TO 24 HOURS.
 
HURRICANE FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 35 MILES FROM THE 
CENTER...AND TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 115 
MILES.
 
THE MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE MEASURED BY AN AIR FORCE RECONNAISSANCE 
AIRCRAFT IS 984 MB...29.06 INCHES.
  
...SUMMARY OF 800 PM HST INFORMATION...
LOCATION...20.2N 144.0W
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...80 MPH
PRESENT MOVEMENT...WEST OR 280 DEGREES AT 15 MPH
MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...984 MB
 
THE NEXT ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE CENTRAL PACIFIC HURRICANE 
CENTER AT 1100 PM HST.
 
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FORECASTER HOUSTON/WROE