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TCPCP5

BULLETIN
TROPICAL STORM HILDA ADVISORY NUMBER   9
NWS CENTRAL PACIFIC HURRICANE CENTER HONOLULU HI   EP112009
500 AM HST MON AUG 24 2009

...HILDA CONTINUES MOVING WEST ON A TRACK WELL SOUTH OF HAWAII...

AT 500 AM HST...1500 UTC...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM HILDA WAS 
LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 14.4 NORTH...LONGITUDE 145.4 WEST OR ABOUT 
740 MILES EAST-SOUTHEAST OF HILO HAWAII AND ABOUT 950 MILES EAST- 
SOUTHEAST OF HONOLULU HAWAII.
 
HILDA IS MOVING TOWARD THE WEST NEAR 13 MPH. HILDA IS EXPECTED TO 
CONTINUE MOVING WESTWARD OVER THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS...ALTHOUGH 
SOME SLOWING OF THE FORWARD SPEED IS EXPECTED ON TUESDAY. 
 
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 65 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS. SLOW 
INTENSIFICATION IS EXPECTED OVER THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS...AND 
HILDA IS EXPECTED TO BECOME A HURRICANE BY TUESDAY.
 
TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 80 MILES FROM THE 
CENTER.
 
ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 999 MB...29.50 INCHES.
 
...SUMMARY OF 500 AM HST INFORMATION...
LOCATION...14.4N 145.4W
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...65 MPH
PRESENT MOVEMENT...WEST OR 275 DEGREES AT 13 MPH
MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...999 MB
 
THE NEXT ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE CENTRAL PACIFIC HURRICANE 
CENTER AT 1100 AM HST.
 
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FORECASTER BIRCHARD