WTPA33 PHFO 111445
TCPCP3

BULLETIN
TROPICAL STORM MAKA ADVISORY NUMBER   3
NWS CENTRAL PACIFIC HURRICANE CENTER HONOLULU HI   CP012009
500 AM HST TUE AUG 11 2009

...TROPICAL DEPRESSION ONE-C UPGRADED TO TROPICAL STORM MAKA...
 
AT 500 AM HST...1500 UTC...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM MAKA WAS 
LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 14.2 NORTH...LONGITUDE 172.2 WEST OR ABOUT 
250 MILES SOUTHWEST OF JOHNSTON ISLAND AND ABOUT 1060 MILES 
WEST-SOUTHWEST OF HONOLULU HAWAII.
 
MAKA IS MOVING TOWARD THE WEST-NORTHWEST NEAR 12 MPH. MAKA WILL 
CONTINUE MOVING TOWARD THE WEST-NORTHWEST FOR THE NEXT 36 HOURS...
THEN CURVE TO THE NORTHWEST.
 
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 40 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS. GRADUAL 
STRENGTHENING IS FORECAST OVER THE NEXT 48 HOURS.
 
TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 60 MILES FROM THE 
CENTER.
 
ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 1008 MB...29.77 INCHES.

...SUMMARY OF 500 AM HST INFORMATION...
LOCATION...14.2N 172.2W
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...40 MPH
PRESENT MOVEMENT...WEST-NORTHWEST OR 290 DEGREES AT 12 MPH
MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...1008 MB
 
THE NEXT ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE CENTRAL PACIFIC HURRICANE 
CENTER AT 1100 AM HST.
 
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FORECASTER DONALDSON