WTPA32 PHFO 102358
TCPCP2

BULLETIN
TROPICAL STORM FELICIA INTERMEDIATE ADVISORY NUMBER  29A
NWS CENTRAL PACIFIC HURRICANE CENTER HONOLULU HI   EP082009
200 PM HST MON AUG 10 2009

...TROPICAL STORM FELICIA CONTINUES MOVING WESTWARD TOWARD THE 
HAWAIIAN ISLANDS...
 
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 36 HOURS.
 
AT 200 PM HST...0000 UTC...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM FELICIA 
WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 21.0 NORTH...LONGITUDE 151.6 WEST OR 
ABOUT 235 MILES...EAST-NORTHEAST OF HILO HAWAII AND ABOUT 400 
MILES...EAST OF HONOLULU HAWAII.

FELICIA IS MOVING TOWARD THE WEST NEAR 12 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.
 
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS REMAIN NEAR 45 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS. 
WEAKENING IS FORECAST DURING THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS. FELICIA IS 
EXPECTED TO REACH THE MAIN HAWAIIAN ISLANDS AS EITHER A TROPICAL 
DEPRESSION...OR POSSIBLY A TROPICAL STORM IF THE EXPECTED 
WEAKENING DOES NOT OCCUR. IN EITHER CASE...THE STRONGEST WINDS ARE 
EXPECTED TO BE NORTH OF THE CIRCULATION CENTER AND OCCUR MOSTLY 
OVER WATERS NORTH OF THE ISLANDS.
 
TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 140 MILES NORTH OF 
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 LATER 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 PM HST INFORMATION...
LOCATION...21.0N 151.6W
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...45 MPH
PRESENT MOVEMENT...WEST OR 270 DEGREES AT 12 MPH
MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...1007 MB
 
THE NEXT ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE CENTRAL PACIFIC HURRICANE 
CENTER AT 500 PM HST.
 
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FORECASTER BURKE/KNABB