WTPA35 PHFO 211758 TCPCP5 BULLETIN TROPICAL STORM MALIA INTERMEDIATE ADVISORY NUMBER 12A NWS CENTRAL PACIFIC HURRICANE CENTER HONOLULU HI CP052015 800 AM HST MON SEP 21 2015 ...TROPICAL STORM MALIA PRODUCING STRONG WINDS AND HEAVY RAINFALL OVER THE CENTRAL PAPAHANAUMOKUAKEA MARINE NATIONAL MONUMENT... SUMMARY OF 800 AM HST...1800 UTC...INFORMATION ---------------------------------------------- LOCATION...26.1N 170.8W ABOUT 50 MI...80 KM NNW OF MARO REEF ABOUT 200 MI...320 KM E OF LISIANSKI ISLAND MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...40 MPH...65 KM/H PRESENT MOVEMENT...NNE OR 25 DEGREES AT 15 MPH...24 KM/H MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...1001 MB...29.56 INCHES WATCHES AND WARNINGS -------------------- CHANGES WITH THIS ADVISORY... NONE. SUMMARY OF WATCHES AND WARNINGS IN EFFECT... A TROPICAL STORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR... * PORTIONS OF THE PAPAHANAUMOKUAKEA MARINE NATIONAL MONUMENT...FROM FRENCH FRIGATE SHOALS TO MARO REEF TO LISIANSKI ISLAND. A TROPICAL STORM WARNING MEANS THAT TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED SOMEWHERE WITHIN THE WARNING AREA. 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 AM HST...1800 UTC...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM MALIA WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 26.1 NORTH...LONGITUDE 170.8 WEST. MALIA IS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTH-NORTHEAST NEAR 15 MPH...24 KM/H. THIS GENERAL MOTION IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE THIS MORNING...WITH A GRADUAL TURN TOWARD THE NORTH EXPECTED LATER TODAY AND TONIGHT. MALIA WILL TURN TOWARD THE NORTH-NORTHWEST AT A FASTER FORWARD SPEED FROM TUESDAY AND TUESDAY NIGHT. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 40 MPH...65 KM/H...WITH HIGHER GUSTS. SOME SLOW INTENSIFICATION IS EXPECTED DURING THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS. TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 115 MILES...185 KM FROM THE CENTER. THE ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 1001 MB...29.56 INCHES. HAZARDS AFFECTING LAND ---------------------- WIND...TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS ARE OCCURRING OVER PORTIONS OF THE CENTRAL PAPAHANAUMOKUAKEA MARINE NATIONAL MONUMENT. THESE CONDITIONS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE TODAY. SURF...SWELLS FROM THE SOUTH AND SOUTHEAST WILL CONTINUE TO IMPACT CENTRAL PORTIONS OF THE PAPAHANAUMOKUAKEA MARINE NATIONAL MONUMENT. DANGEROUS SEA AND SURF CONDITIONS CAN BE EXPECTED THROUGH THIS EVENING. RAINFALL...HEAVY RAINFALL AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO IMPACT PORTIONS OF THE WARNING AREA TODAY. RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 2 TO 4 INCHES ARE EXPECTED...WITH LOCAL RAINFALL TOTALS OF UP TO 6 INCHES POSSIBLE. NEXT ADVISORY ------------- NEXT COMPLETE ADVISORY...1100 AM HST. $$ FORECASTER WROE