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TROPICAL STORM FELICIA INTERMEDIATE ADVISORY NUMBER  27A
NWS CENTRAL PACIFIC HURRICANE CENTER HONOLULU HI   EP082009
200 AM HST MON AUG 10 2009

...FELICIA AIMING 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. 
A TROPICAL STORM WARNING MAY BE REQUIRED FOR PORTIONS OF THE AREA 
CURRENTLY UNDER THE WATCH LATER TODAY.
 
INTERESTS ON KAUAI AND NIIHAU SHOULD CONTINUE TO CLOSELY MONITOR 
THE FUTURE PROGRESS OF FELICIA.
 
AT 200 AM HST...1200 UTC...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM FELICIA 
WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 20.6 NORTH...LONGITUDE 149.7 WEST OR 
ABOUT 355 MILES EAST-NORTHEAST OF HILO...HAWAII AND ABOUT 530 
MILES EAST OF HONOLULU...HAWAII.
 
FELICIA IS MOVING TOWARD THE WEST NEAR 10 MPH AND THIS MOTION IS 
EXPECTED TO CONTINUE THROUGH TUESDAY. ON THIS TRACK...THE OUTER 
WINDS FROM FELICIA ARE EXPECTED TO REACH THE EASTERNMOST HAWAIIAN 
ISLANDS LATE TONIGHT.
 
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 50 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS. GRADUAL 
WEAKENING IS FORECAST DURING THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS. FELICIA IS 
EXPECTED TO REACH THE HAWAIIAN ISLANDS AS EITHER A TROPICAL STORM 
OR A TROPICAL DEPRESSION.
 
TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS NOW EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 140 MILES FROM 
THE CENTER.
 
THE LATEST MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE REPORTED BY THE U.S. AIR FORCE 
RECONNAISSANCE AIRCRAFT IS 1005 MB...29.68 INCHES.
 
A LARGE SWELL GENERATED BY FELICIA HAS ALREADY REACHED THE 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 200 AM HST INFORMATION...
LOCATION...20.6N 149.7W
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...50 MPH
PRESENT MOVEMENT...WEST OR 265 DEGREES AT 10 MPH
MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...1005 MB
 
THE NEXT ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE CENTRAL PACIFIC HURRICANE 
CENTER AT 500 AM HST.
 
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FORECASTER HOUSTON