WTPA35 PHFO 191157 TCPCP5 BULLETIN TROPICAL DEPRESSION FIVE-C INTERMEDIATE ADVISORY NUMBER 2A NWS CENTRAL PACIFIC HURRICANE CENTER HONOLULU HI CP052015 200 AM HST SAT SEP 19 2015 ...TROPICAL DEPRESSION FIVE-C MOVING TOWARD THE PAPAHANAUMOKUAKEA MARINE NATIONAL MONUMENT... SUMMARY OF 200 AM HST...1200 UTC...INFORMATION ---------------------------------------------- LOCATION...18.8N 173.6W ABOUT 485 MI...780 KM S OF LISIANSKI ISLAND ABOUT 480 MI...775 KM SSW OF MARO REEF MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...35 MPH...55 KM/H PRESENT MOVEMENT...NNE OR 30 DEGREES AT 9 MPH...15 KM/H MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...1005 MB...29.68 INCHES WATCHES AND WARNINGS -------------------- CHANGES IN WATCHES AND WARNINGS WITH THIS ADVISORY... NONE. SUMMARY OF WATCHES AND WARNINGS IN EFFECT... A TROPICAL STORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR... * PORTIONS OF THE PAPAHANAUMOKUAKEA NATIONAL MARINE MONUMENT...FROM LISIANSKI ISLAND TO MARO REEF TO FRENCH FRIGATE SHOALS. A TROPICAL STORM WATCH MEANS THAT TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS ARE POSSIBLE WITHIN THE WATCH AREA...GENERALLY WITHIN 36 TO 48 HOURS. INTERESTS ELSEWHERE IN THE PAPAHANAUMOKUAKEA NATIONAL MARINE MONUMENT SHOULD MONITOR THE PROGRESS OF FIVE-C. 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 AM HST...1200 UTC...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL DEPRESSION FIVE-C WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 18.8 NORTH...LONGITUDE 173.6 WEST. THE DEPRESSION IS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTH-NORTHEAST NEAR 9 MPH...15 KM/H. THIS GENERAL MOTION IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE TODAY...FOLLOWED BY A TURN TOWARD THE NORTH ON SUNDAY. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 35 MPH...55 KM/H...WITH HIGHER GUSTS. SLOW INTENSIFICATION IS EXPECTED DURING THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS...AND FIVE-C IS EXPECTED TO BECOME A TROPICAL STORM LATER TODAY. THE ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 1005 MB...29.68 INCHES. HAZARDS AFFECTING LAND ---------------------- WIND...TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS ARE POSSIBLE ACROSS CENTRAL PORTIONS OF THE PAPAHANAUMOKUAKEA NATIONAL MARINE MONUMENT STARTING ON SUNDAY. SURF...SWELLS FROM THE SOUTH AND SOUTHEAST WILL BEGIN TO ARRIVE IN THE CENTRAL PORTIONS OF THE PAPAHANAUMOKUAKEA NATIONAL MARINE MONUMENT LATER TODAY. SURF AND SEAS WILL BECOME LARGE AND INCREASINGLY ROUGH AND DANGEROUS ON SUNDAY AS THE SYSTEM MOVES ACROSS THE AREA. RAINFALL...HEAVY RAIN AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO IMPACT THE WATCH AREA LATE SATURDAY AND SUNDAY...WITH TOTAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS BETWEEN 2 AND 4 INCHES. NEXT ADVISORY ------------- NEXT COMPLETE ADVISORY...500 AM HST. $$ FORECASTER BIRCHARD