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HURRICANE FELICIA ADVISORY NUMBER 22
NWS CENTRAL PACIFIC HURRICANE CENTER HONOLULU HI EP082009
500 PM HST SAT AUG 08 2009
...FELICIA MARCHING WESTWARD...TROPICAL STORM WATCHES ISSUED...
AT 500 PM HST...0300 UTC...A TROPICAL STORM WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED
FOR THE BIG ISLAND OF HAWAII...AND FOR ALL OF MAUI COUNTY...WHICH
INCLUDES THE ISLANDS OF MAUI...KAHOOLAWE...LANAI...AND MOLOKAI.
A TROPICAL STORM WATCH MEANS THAT TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS ARE
POSSIBLE WITHIN THE WATCH AREA...GENERALLY WITHIN THE NEXT 48 HOURS.
INTERESTS IN THE REMAINDER OF THE STATE OF HAWAII...INCLUDING THE
ISLANDS OF OAHU...KAUAI...AND NIIHAU...SHOULD CLOSELY MONITOR
THE PROGRESS OF FELICIA. A TROPICAL STORM WATCH COULD BE REQUIRED
FOR THESE AREAS LATER TONIGHT.
AT 500 PM HST...0300 UTC...THE CENTER OF HURRICANE FELICIA WAS
LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 20.1 NORTH...LONGITUDE 143.4 WEST OR ABOUT
760 MILES EAST OF HILO HAWAII AND ABOUT 940 MILES...EAST OF
HONOLULU HAWAII.
FELICIA IS MOVING TOWARD THE WEST NEAR 15 MPH AND THIS GENERAL
MOTION IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE FOR THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS. ON THIS
TRACK...FELICIA IS EXPECTED TO BE NEAR OR OVER THE HAWAIIAN
ISLANDS BY MONDAY.
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 85 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS. FELICIA
IS A CATEGORY ONE HURRICANE ON THE SAFFIR-SIMPSON SCALE. SLOW
WEAKENING IS FORECAST DURING THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS...AND FELICIA
COULD BECOME A TROPICAL STORM WITHIN THE NEXT 24 HOURS.
HURRICANE FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 35 MILES FROM THE
CENTER...AND TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 115
MILES.
THE ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE BASED ON RECENT AIR FORCE
RECONNAISSANCE DATA IS 982 MB...29.00 INCHES.
...SUMMARY OF 500 PM HST INFORMATION...
LOCATION...20.1N 143.4W
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...85 MPH
PRESENT MOVEMENT...WEST OR 280 DEGREES AT 15 MPH
MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...982 MB
AN INTERMEDIATE ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE CENTRAL PACIFIC
HURRICANE CENTER AT 800 PM HST FOLLOWED BY THE NEXT COMPLETE
ADVISORY AT 1100 PM HST.
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FORECASTER KNABB/R BALLARD
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