WTPA32 PHFO 250600 TCPCP2 BULLETIN HURRICANE LOKE INTERMEDIATE ADVISORY NUMBER 17A NWS CENTRAL PACIFIC HURRICANE CENTER HONOLULU HI CP042015 800 PM HST MON AUG 24 2015 ...LOKE CONTINUES TRACKING NORTHEAST THROUGH THE PAPAHANAUMOKUAKEA MARINE NATIONAL MONUMENT... SUMMARY OF 800 PM HST...0600 UTC...INFORMATION ---------------------------------------------- LOCATION...27.4N 174.3W ABOUT 195 MI...315 KM ESE OF MIDWAY ISLAND ABOUT 90 MI...145 KM ESE OF PEARL AND HERMES ATOLL MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...75 MPH...120 KM/H PRESENT MOVEMENT...NNE OR 25 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 800 PM HST...0600 UTC...THE CENTER OF HURRICANE LOKE WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 27.4 NORTH...LONGITUDE 174.3 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. LITTLE CHANGE IN INTENSITY IS EXPECTED OVER THE NEXT 24 HOURS...FOLLOWED BY SOME WEAKENING ON WEDNESDAY AS LOKE LIKELY TRANSITIONS INTO AN EXTRATROPICAL STORM. 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 COMPLETE ADVISORY...1100 PM HST. $$ FORECASTER WROE