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TROPICAL STORM FELICIA INTERMEDIATE ADVISORY NUMBER  25A
NWS CENTRAL PACIFIC HURRICANE CENTER HONOLULU HI   EP082009
200 PM HST SUN AUG 09 2009

...TROPICAL STORM FELICIA STILL HEADING WEST 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.
 
INTERESTS IN THE REMAINDER OF THE STATE OF HAWAII...INCLUDING THE 
ISLANDS OF OAHU...KAUAI...AND NIIHAU...SHOULD CLOSELY MONITOR 
THE PROGRESS OF FELICIA.
 
AT 200 PM HST...0000 UTC...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM FELICIA 
WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 21.1 NORTH...LONGITUDE 148.0 WEST OR 
ABOUT 480 MILES EAST-NORTHEAST OF HILO HAWAII AND ABOUT 655 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 INDICATES 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 120 MILES...MAINLY 
TO THE NORTH OF THE CENTER.
 
MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE REPORTED BY AIRCRAFT IS 1002 MB...29.59 
INCHES.
 
EVEN THOUGH FELICIA IS STILL EAST OF THE HAWAIIIAN ISLANDS THIS 
MORNING...A BUILDING SWELL GENERATED BY THE TROPICAL CYCLONE WILL 
BEGIN TO IMPACT EAST FACING SHORES OF THE EASTERN HAWAIIAN ISLANDS 
LATER TODAY. LARGE SURF IS EXPECTED TO SPREAD TO EAST FACING SHORES 
OF ALL ISLANDS TONIGHT AND MONDAY.

...SUMMARY OF 200 PM HST INFORMATION...
LOCATION...21.1N 148.0W
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...50 MPH
PRESENT MOVEMENT...WEST OR 280 DEGREES AT 14 MPH
MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...1002 MB
 
 
THE NEXT ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE CENTRAL PACIFIC HURRICANE 
CENTER AT 500 PM HST.
 
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FORECASTER KODAMA