WTPA33 PHFO 112055
TCPCP3

BULLETIN
TROPICAL STORM MAKA ADVISORY NUMBER   4
NWS CENTRAL PACIFIC HURRICANE CENTER HONOLULU HI   CP012009
1100 AM HST TUE AUG 11 2009

...MAKA MOVING WESTWARD...SLOW INTENSIFICATION EXPECTED...
 
AT 1100 AM HST...2100 UTC...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM MAKA WAS 
LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 14.5 NORTH...LONGITUDE 174.0 WEST OR ABOUT 
335 MILES...WEST-SOUTHWEST OF JOHNSTON ISLAND AND ABOUT 1155 
MILES...WEST-SOUTHWEST OF HONOLULU HAWAII.
 
MAKA IS MOVING TOWARD THE WEST NEAR 14 MPH. THIS MOTION IS EXPECTED 
TO SHIFT TOWARD THE NORTHWEST WITHIN THE NEXT 24 TO 48 HOURS. 
 
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 40 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS. MAKA 
SHOULD SLOWLY STRENGTHEN OVER THE NEXT 48 HOURS. 
 
TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 80 MILES FROM THE 
CENTER.
 
ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 1008 MB...29.77 INCHES.
 
...SUMMARY OF 1100 AM HST INFORMATION...
LOCATION...14.5N 174.0W
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...40 MPH
PRESENT MOVEMENT...WEST OR 280 DEGREES AT 14 MPH
MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...1008 MB
 
THE NEXT ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE CENTRAL PACIFIC HURRICANE 
CENTER AT 500 PM HST.
 
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FORECASTER KODAMA