WTPA33 PHFO 110255
TCPCP3

BULLETIN
TROPICAL DEPRESSION ONE-C ADVISORY NUMBER   1
NWS CENTRAL PACIFIC HURRICANE CENTER HONOLULU HI   CP012009
500 PM HST MON AUG 10 2009

...TROPICAL DEPRESSION FORMS FAR TO THE SOUTHWEST OF HAWAII...

AT 500 PM HST...0300 UTC...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL DEPRESSION 
ONE-C WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 13.7 NORTH...LONGITUDE 170.6 WEST 
OR ABOUT 220 MILES SOUTH-SOUTHWEST OF JOHNSTON ISLAND AND ABOUT 985 
MILES WEST-SOUTHWEST OF HONOLULU HAWAII.
 
THE DEPRESSION IS MOVING TOWARD THE WEST-NORTHWEST NEAR 14 MPH...
AND THIS GENERAL MOTION IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE FOR THE NEXT COUPLE 
OF DAYS. ON THIS TRACK...THE CENTER OF THE SYSTEM IS EXPECTED TO 
PASS A COUPLE HUNDRED MILES SOUTHWEST OF JOHNSTON ISLAND ON TUESDAY.
 
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 35 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS. 
STRENGTHENING IS FORECAST DURING THE NEXT 48 HOURS...AND TROPICAL 
DEPRESSION ONE-C COULD BECOME A TROPICAL STORM LATER TONIGHT OR 
TUESDAY...AND COULD BECOME A HURRICANE BY WEDNESDAY.
 
ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 1007 MB...29.74 INCHES.
 
...SUMMARY OF 500 PM HST INFORMATION...
LOCATION...13.7N 170.6W
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...35 MPH
PRESENT MOVEMENT...WEST-NORTHWEST OR 289 DEGREES AT 14 MPH
MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...1007 MB
 
THE NEXT ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE CENTRAL PACIFIC HURRICANE 
CENTER AT 1100 PM HST.
 
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FORECASTER R BALLARD/KNABB