WTPA32 PHFO 260840 TCPCP2 BULLETIN TROPICAL STORM LOKE ADVISORY NUMBER 22 NWS CENTRAL PACIFIC HURRICANE CENTER HONOLULU HI CP042015 1100 PM HST TUE AUG 25 2015 ...LOKE SLOWLY WEAKENING AS IT ACCELERATES NORTHWESTWARD... SUMMARY OF 1100 PM HST...0900 UTC...INFORMATION ----------------------------------------------- LOCATION...33.2N 175.1W ABOUT 370 MI...595 KM NNE OF MIDWAY ISLAND MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...50 MPH...85 KM/H PRESENT MOVEMENT...NW OR 325 DEGREES AT 21 MPH...33 KM/H MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...992 MB...29.30 INCHES WATCHES AND WARNINGS -------------------- SUMMARY OF WATCHES AND WARNINGS IN EFFECT... THERE ARE NO COASTAL WATCHES OR WARNINGS IN EFFECT. DISCUSSION AND 48-HOUR OUTLOOK ------------------------------ AT 1100 PM HST...0900 UTC...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM LOKE WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 33.2 NORTH...LONGITUDE 175.1 WEST. LOKE IS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTHWEST NEAR 21 MPH...33 KM/H. AN ACCELERATION TOWARD THE NORTHWEST WILL OCCUR DURING THE NEXT 36 HOURS AS LOKE UNDERGOES TRANSITION TO AN EXTRATROPICAL LOW. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 50 MPH...85 KM/H...WITH HIGHER GUSTS. LITTLE CHANGE IN INTENSITY IS EXPECTED TONIGHT...FOLLOWED BY SOME WEAKENING ON WEDNESDAY AND WEDNESDAY NIGHT AS LOKE UNDERGOES TRANSITION TO AN EXTRATROPICAL LOW. TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 175 MILES...280 KM FROM THE CENTER. THE ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 992 MB...29.30 INCHES. HAZARDS AFFECTING LAND ---------------------- 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 TONIGHT. AS THE SURF FROM LOKE DIMINISHES...SWELLS FROM FORMER TYPHOON ATSANI WILL START TO AFFECT THE AREA. NEXT ADVISORY ------------- NEXT COMPLETE ADVISORY...500 AM HST. $$ FORECASTER WROE