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TCPCP5

BULLETIN
TROPICAL STORM HILDA ADVISORY NUMBER  17
NWS CENTRAL PACIFIC HURRICANE CENTER HONOLULU HI   EP112009
500 AM HST WED AUG 26 2009

...HILDA MOVING TO THE WEST-SOUTHWEST ON A TRACK FAR SOUTH OF 
HAWAII...

AT 500 AM HST...1500 UTC...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM HILDA WAS 
LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 13.4 NORTH...LONGITUDE 151.3 WEST OR ABOUT 
505 MILES SOUTH-SOUTHEAST OF HILO HAWAII AND ABOUT 700 MILES 
SOUTHEAST OF HONOLULU HAWAII.
 
HILDA IS MOVING TOWARD THE WEST-SOUTHWEST NEAR 9 MPH AND IS 
EXPECTED TO MAINTAIN THIS COURSE FOR THE NEXT 24 HOURS. THE 
TROPICAL STORM IS THEN FORECAST TO TURN TO THE WEST THROUGH 48 HOURS.
 
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 45 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS. LITTLE 
CHANGE IN STRENGTH IS FORECAST DURING THE NEXT 24 HOURS...WITH A 
SMALL INCREASE FORECAST THROUGH 48 HOURS.
 
TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 70 MILES FROM THE 
CENTER.
 
ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 1007 MB...29.74 INCHES.
  
...SUMMARY OF 500 AM HST INFORMATION...
LOCATION...13.4N 151.3W
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...45 MPH
PRESENT MOVEMENT...WEST-SOUTHWEST OR 255 DEGREES AT 9 MPH
MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...1007 MB
 
THE NEXT ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE CENTRAL PACIFIC HURRICANE 
CENTER AT 1100 AM HST.
 
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FORECASTER CRAIG