WTPA33 PHFO 121445
TCPCP3

BULLETIN
TROPICAL DEPRESSION MAKA ADVISORY NUMBER   7
NWS CENTRAL PACIFIC HURRICANE CENTER HONOLULU HI   CP012009
500 AM HST WED AUG 12 2009

...POORLY DEFINED MAKA OVER THE OPEN OCEAN EAST OF THE DATE 
LINE...
 
AT 500 AM HST...1500 UTC...THE CENTER OF POORLY DEFINED TROPICAL 
DEPRESSION MAKA WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 14.8 NORTH...LONGITUDE 
173.9 WEST OR ABOUT 955 MILES SOUTH-SOUTHEAST OF MIDWAY ISLAND AND 
ABOUT 1140 MILES WEST-SOUTHWEST OF HONOLULU HAWAII.
 
THE DEPRESSION IS MOVING TOWARD THE WEST NEAR 7 MPH. MAKA IS 
EXPECTED TO MOVE SLIGHTLY FASTER...AND TURN TOWARD THE NORTHWEST 
DURING THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS. AS A RESULT...MAKA MAY CROSS THE 
DATE LINE INTO THE NORTHWEST PACIFIC THURSDAY NIGHT OR FRIDAY.
 
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 35 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS. IF IT 
SURVIVES...MAKA IS FORECAST TO GRADUALLY INTENSIFY DURING THE NEXT 
DAY OR TWO. BASED ON THE LATEST FORECAST...MAKA MAY BECOME A 
TROPICAL STORM AGAIN LATER TODAY OR THURSDAY.
 
ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 1008 MB...29.77 INCHES.
 
...SUMMARY OF 500 AM HST INFORMATION...
LOCATION...14.8N 173.9W
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...35 MPH
PRESENT MOVEMENT...WEST OR 280 DEGREES AT 7 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 HOUSTON