WTPA32 PHFO 250253 TCPCP2 BULLETIN HURRICANE LOKE ADVISORY NUMBER 17 NWS CENTRAL PACIFIC HURRICANE CENTER HONOLULU HI CP042015 500 PM HST MON AUG 24 2015 ...LOKE CONTINUES TRACKING NORTHEAST THROUGH THE PAPAHANAUMOKUAKEA MARINE NATIONAL MONUMENT... SUMMARY OF 500 PM HST...0300 UTC...INFORMATION ---------------------------------------------- LOCATION...26.7N 175.0W ABOUT 180 MI...290 KM SE OF MIDWAY ISLAND ABOUT 75 MI...120 KM SE OF PEARL AND HERMES ATOLL MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...75 MPH...120 KM/H PRESENT MOVEMENT...NE OR 50 DEGREES AT 15 MPH...24 KM/H MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...986 MB...29.12 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 500 PM HST...0300 UTC...THE CENTER OF HURRICANE LOKE WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 26.7 NORTH...LONGITUDE 175.0 WEST. LOKE IS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTH-NORTHEAST NEAR 15 MPH. THIS MOTION IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE WITH A GRADUAL INCREASE IN FORWARD SPEED OVER THE NEXT 24 HOURS. LOKE WILL TURN TOWARD THE NORTH...THEN NORTHWEST TOMORROW WITH A RAPID INCREASE IN FORWARD SPEED. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 75 MPH...120 KM/H...WITH HIGHER GUSTS. HURRICANE FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 15 MILES...30 KM...FROM THE CENTER...AND TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 70 MILES...110 KM. LITTLE CHANGE IN INTENSITY IS EXPECTED FOR THE NEXT 24 HOURS WITH FAIRLY RAPID WEAKENING AFTER THAT. THE ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 986 MB...29.12 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 THIS EVENING. 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 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 TONIGHT. NEXT ADVISORY ------------- NEXT INTERMEDIATE ADVISORY...800 PM HST. NEXT COMPLETE ADVISORY...1100 PM HST. $$ FORECASTER DONALDSON