WTPA32 PHFO 231445 TCPCP2 BULLETIN TROPICAL STORM LOKE ADVISORY NUMBER 11 NWS CENTRAL PACIFIC HURRICANE CENTER HONOLULU HI CP042015 500 AM HST SUN AUG 23 2015 ...LOKE MOVING NORTH NEAR THE INTERNATIONAL DATE LINE... ...TROPICAL STORM WATCH ISSUED... SUMMARY OF 500 AM HST...1500 UTC...INFORMATION ---------------------------------------------- LOCATION...20.3N 179.5W ABOUT 560 MI...905 KM SSW OF MIDWAY ISLAND ABOUT 700 MI...1125 KM WNW OF JOHNSTON ISLAND MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...40 MPH...65 KM/H PRESENT MOVEMENT...N OR 350 DEGREES AT 9 MPH...15 KM/H MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...1003 MB...29.62 INCHES WATCHES AND WARNINGS -------------------- CHANGES IN WATCHES AND WARNINGS WITH THIS ADVISORY... A TROPICAL STORM WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR MIDWAY ISLAND. A TROPICAL STORM WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR PORTIONS OF THE PAPAHANAUMOKUAKEA MARINE NATIONAL MONUMENT...FROM PEARL AND HERMES ATOLL TO LISIANSKI ISLAND TO MARO REEF. SUMMARY OF WATCHES AND WARNINGS IN EFFECT... A TROPICAL STORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR... * MIDWAY ISLAND * PORTIONS OF THE PAPAHANAUMOKUAKEA MARINE NATIONAL MONUMENT...FROM PEARL AND HERMES ATOLL TO LISIANSKI ISLAND TO MARO REEF. A TROPICAL STORM WATCH MEANS THAT TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS ARE POSSIBLE WITHIN THE WATCH AREA...GENERALLY WITHIN 36 TO 48 HOURS. FOR STORM INFORMATION SPECIFIC TO YOUR AREA...PLEASE MONITOR PRODUCTS ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE IN HONOLULU HAWAII. DISCUSSION AND 48-HOUR OUTLOOK ------------------------------ AT 500 AM HST...1500 UTC...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM LOKE WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 20.3 NORTH...LONGITUDE 179.5 WEST. LOKE IS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTH NEAR 9 MPH...15 KM/H. THIS MOTION IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE TODAY...FOLLOWED BY A TURN TO THE NORTHEAST WITH SOME INCREASE IN FORWARD SPEED TONIGHT AND MONDAY. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 40 MPH...65 KM/H...WITH HIGHER GUSTS. GRADUAL INTENSIFICATION IS EXPECTED DURING THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS. TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 35 MILES...55 KM FROM THE CENTER. THE ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 1003 MB...29.62 INCHES. HAZARDS AFFECTING LAND ---------------------- WIND...TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS ARE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE WESTERN PORTIONS OF THE PAPAHANAUMOKUAKEA MARINE NATIONAL MONUMENT STARTING MONDAY NIGHT. SURF...A LARGE EXISTING WESTERLY SWELL COMBINED WITH SOUTH SWELL ARRIVING FROM LOKE WILL CAUSE ROUGH SURF ACROSS SOUTH AND WEST FACING REEFS AND SHORELINES OVER THE WESTERN PORTIONS OF THE PAPAHANAUMOKUAKEA MARINE NATIONAL MONUMENT TODAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY. RAINFALL...HEAVY RAINFALL ASSOCIATED WITH LOKE MAY REACH THE WESTERN PORTIONS OF THE PAPAHANAUMOKUAKEA MARINE NATIONAL MONUMENT STARTING MONDAY. NEXT ADVISORY ------------- NEXT INTERMEDIATE ADVISORY...800 AM HST. NEXT COMPLETE ADVISORY...1100 AM HST. $$ FORECASTER JACOBSON/HOUSTON