WTPA32 PHFO 250014 TCPCP2 BULLETIN HURRICANE LOKE INTERMEDIATE ADVISORY NUMBER 16A NWS CENTRAL PACIFIC HURRICANE CENTER HONOLULU HI CP042015 200 PM HST MON AUG 24 2015 ...LOKE HAS BECOME A HURRICANE AND CONTINUES MOVING NORTHEAST THROUGH THE PAPAHANAUMOKUAKEA MARINE NATIONAL MONUMENT... SUMMARY OF 200 PM HST...0000 UTC...INFORMATION ---------------------------------------------- LOCATION...26.3N 175.3W ABOUT 185 MI...295 KM...SE OF MIDWAY ISLAND ABOUT 110 MI...200 KM...SSW OF PEARL AND HERMES ATOLL ABOUT 85 MI...135 KM...WNW OF LISIANSKI ISLAND MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...75 MPH...100 KM/H PRESENT MOVEMENT...NE OR 045 DEGREES AT 25 MPH...40 KM/H MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...990 MB...29.36 INCHES WATCHES AND WARNINGS -------------------- CHANGES IN WATCHES AND WARNINGS WITH THIS ADVISORY... NONE SUMMARY OF WATCHES AND WARNINGS IN EFFECT... A HURRICANE WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR... * PORTIONS OF THE PAPAHANAUMOKUAKEA MARINE NATIONAL MONUMENT...FROM PEARL AND HERMES ATOLL TO LISIANSKI ISLAND. A HURRICANE WARNING MEANS THAT HURRICANE CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED SOMEWHERE WITHIN THE WARNING AREA WITHIN THE NEXT 36 HOURS. PREPARATIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY SHOULD BE RUSHED TO COMPLETION. INTERESTS ELSEWHERE IN THE PAPAHANAUMOKUAKEA MARINE NATIONAL MONUMENT SHOULD MONITOR THE PROGRESS OF LOKE. 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 200 PM HST...0000 UTC...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM LOKE WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 26.3 NORTH...LONGITUDE 175.34 WEST. LOKE IS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTHEAST NEAR 25 MPH...40 KM/H. THIS MOTION IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE THROUGH TONIGHT WITH LOKE TURNING NORTH THEN NORTHWEST ON TUESDAY. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 75 MPH...120 KM/H...WITH HIGHER GUSTS. HURRICANE FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUT 15 MILES...24 KM...FROM THE CENTER. TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 70 MILES...115 KM.. FROM THE CENTER. THE ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 990 MB...29.34 INCHES. HAZARDS AFFECTING LAND ---------------------- WIND...HURRICANE CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OVER PORTIONS OF THE PAPAHANAUMOKUAKEA MARINE NATIONAL MONUMENT FROM PEARL AND HERMES ATOLL TO LISIANSKI ISLAND LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. SURF...A LARGE EXISTING WESTERLY SWELL COMBINED WITH SOUTH SWELL PRODUCED BY LOKE WILL CAUSE ROUGH SURF ACROSS SOUTH AND WEST FACING REEFS AND SHORELINES OVER THE WESTERN PORTIONS OF THE PAPAHANAUMOKUAKEA MARINE NATIONAL MONUMENT THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH WEDNESDAY. LARGE WAVES MAY OVERWASH LOW-LYING PORTIONS OF THE ISLANDS AND ATOLLS DURING THIS TIME. RAINFALL...TOTAL RAINFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF 4 TO 6 INCHES...WITH MAXIMUM AMOUNTS OF 8 INCHES...ARE POSSIBLE OVER PEARL AND HERMES ATOLL AND LISIANSKI ISLAND TODAY AND TONIGHT. NEXT ADVISORY ------------- NEXT COMPLETE ADVISORY...500 PM HST. $$ FORECASTER DONALDSON