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TROPICAL STORM LESTER ADVISORY NUMBER  55

NWS CENTRAL PACIFIC HURRICANE CENTER HONOLULU HI   EP132016

1100 PM HST TUE SEP 06 2016



...LESTER MOVING NORTH-NORTHEAST OVER THE OPEN WATERS OF THE

CENTRAL NORTH PACIFIC...





SUMMARY OF 1100 PM HST...0900 UTC...INFORMATION

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LOCATION...36.5N 166.0W

ABOUT 1155 MI...1860 KM NNW OF HONOLULU HAWAII

MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...50 MPH...85 KM/H

PRESENT MOVEMENT...NNE OR 15 DEGREES AT 16 MPH...26 KM/H

MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...1001 MB...29.56 INCHES





WATCHES AND WARNINGS

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There are no coastal watches or warnings in effect.





DISCUSSION AND 48-HOUR OUTLOOK

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At 1100 PM HST (0900 UTC), the center of Tropical Storm Lester was

located near latitude 36.5 North, longitude 166.0 West. Lester is

moving toward the north-northeast near 16 mph (26 km/h). A turn

toward the northeast with a dramatic increase in forward speed is

expected overnight and Wednesday, as Lester transitions to an

extratropical low.



Maximum sustained winds are near 50 mph (85 km/h) with higher gusts.

Little change in intensity is forecast through Wednesday. Lester is

forecast to dissipate on Thursday as it becomes absorbed into the

circulation of a larger extratropical low near the Gulf of Alaska.



Tropical-storm-force winds extend outward up to 90 miles (150 km)

from the center.



The estimated minimum central pressure is 1001 mb (29.56 inches).





HAZARDS AFFECTING LAND

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None.





NEXT ADVISORY

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Next complete advisory at 500 AM HST.



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Forecaster Jacobson