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TROPICAL STORM FELICIA INTERMEDIATE ADVISORY NUMBER  26A
NWS CENTRAL PACIFIC HURRICANE CENTER HONOLULU HI   EP082009
800 PM HST SUN AUG 09 2009

...FELICIA CONTINUES MOVING TOWARD THE HAWAIIAN ISLANDS...
 
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 IN KAUAI AND NIIHAU SHOULD CONTINUE TO CLOSELY MONITOR 
THE FUTURE PROGRESS OF FELICIA.
 
AT 800 PM HST...0600 UTC...A U.S. AIR FORCE RECONNAISSANCE AIRCRAFT 
FOUND THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM FELICIA NEAR LATITUDE 21.0 
NORTH...LONGITUDE 148.5 WEST...OR ABOUT 435 MILES EAST-NORTHEAST OF 
HILO...HAWAII AND ABOUT 605 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.
 
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 50 MPH...WITH HIGHER GUSTS. GRADUAL 
WEAKENING IS FORECAST DURING 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 115 MILES FROM THE 
CENTER.
 
THE RECONNAISSANCE AIRCRAFT MEASURED A MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE OF 
1003 MB...29.62 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. THIS LARGE SWELL 
WILL BEGIN TO IMPACT THE REMAINING HAWAIIAN ISLANDS TONIGHT AND 
TOMORROW.
 
REGARDLESS OF THE STRENGTH OF FELICIA WHEN IT REACHES THE HAWAIIAN 
ISLANDS...HEAVY RAINS ARE STILL EXPECTED TO OCCUR AND FLASH FLOODING 
REMAINS A POSSIBILITY.
 
...SUMMARY OF 800 PM HST INFORMATION...
LOCATION...21.0N 148.5W
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...50 MPH
PRESENT MOVEMENT...WEST OR 280 DEGREES AT 14 MPH
MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...1003 MB
 
THE NEXT ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE CENTRAL PACIFIC HURRICANE 
CENTER AT 1100 PM HST.
 
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FORECASTER HOUSTON