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TROPICAL STORM LOKE ADVISORY NUMBER  21

NWS CENTRAL PACIFIC HURRICANE CENTER HONOLULU HI   CP042015

500 PM HST TUE AUG 25 2015



...LOKE BEGINNING TO WEAKEN AS IT ACCELERATES NORTHWESTWARD...





SUMMARY OF 500 PM HST...0300 UTC...INFORMATION

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LOCATION...32.0N 174.1W

ABOUT 330 MI...530 KM NE OF MIDWAY ISLAND

MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...60 MPH...95 KM/H

PRESENT MOVEMENT...NNW OR 335 DEGREES AT 17 MPH...28 KM/H

MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...988 MB...29.18 INCHES





WATCHES AND WARNINGS

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SUMMARY OF WATCHES AND WARNINGS IN EFFECT...



THERE ARE NO COASTAL WATCHES OR WARNINGS IN EFFECT.





DISCUSSION AND 48-HOUR OUTLOOK

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AT 500 PM HST...0300 UTC...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM LOKE WAS

LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 32.0 NORTH...LONGITUDE 174.1 WEST. LOKE IS

MOVING TOWARD THE NORTH-NORTHWEST NEAR 17 MPH. LOKE IS EXPECTED TO

CURVE SLIGHTLY TO THE NORTHWEST AND ACCELERATE OVER THE NEXT 36

HOURS.



MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 60 MPH...95 KM/H...WITH HIGHER

GUSTS. LITTLE CHANGE IS EXPECTED OVER THE NEXT 36 HOURS.



TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 140 MILES...220 KM

FROM THE CENTER.



THE ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 988 MB...29.18 INCHES.





HAZARDS AFFECTING LAND

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SURF...LARGE SWELLS PRODUCED BY LOKE WILL CAUSE ROUGH SURF ACROSS

REEFS AND SHORELINES OVER THE WESTERN PORTIONS OF THE

PAPAHANAUMOKUAKEA MARINE NATIONAL MONUMENT THROUGH THIS EVENING.

AS THE SURF FROM LOKE DIMINISHES...SWELLS FROM FORMER TYPHOON

ATSANI WILL START TO AFFECT THE AREA.





NEXT ADVISORY

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NEXT COMPLETE ADVISORY...1100 PM HST.



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FORECASTER DONALDSON