WTPA31 PHFO 031146 RRA TCPCP1 BULLETIN HURRICANE WALAKA INTERMEDIATE ADVISORY NUMBER 15A NWS CENTRAL PACIFIC HURRICANE CENTER HONOLULU HI CP012018 200 AM HST WED OCT 03 2018 ...DANGEROUS HURRICANE WALAKA INTENSIFIES AS IT MOVES RAPIDLY NORTH TOWARD THE PAPAHANAUMOKUAKEA MARINE NATIONAL MONUMENT... ....JOHNSTON ATOLL REMAINS IN THE SOUTH QUADRANT OF WALAKA... SUMMARY OF 200 AM HST...1200 UTC...INFORMATION ---------------------------------------------- LOCATION...18.9N 169.8W ABOUT 150 MI...240 KM N OF JOHNSTON ISLAND ABOUT 410 MI...660 KM SW OF FRENCH FRIGATE SHOALS MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...140 MPH...225 KM/H PRESENT MOVEMENT...N OR 10 DEGREES AT 14 MPH...23 KM/H MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...944 MB...27.88 INCHES WATCHES AND WARNINGS -------------------- CHANGES WITH THIS ADVISORY: NONE. SUMMARY OF WATCHES AND WARNINGS IN EFFECT: A HURRICANE WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR... .. JOHNSTON ATOLL .. PAPAHANAUMOKUAKEA MARINE NATIONAL MONUMENT FROM FRENCH FRIGATE SHOALS TO MARO REEF A TROPICAL STORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR... .. PAPAHANAUMOKUAKEA MARINE NATIONAL MONUMENT FROM NIHOA TO FRENCH FRIGATE SHOALS A HURRICANE WARNING INDICATES THAT HURRICANE CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED IN THE WARNING AREA STARTING LATER TODAY OR TONIGHT. A TROPICAL STORM WARNING INDICATES THAT TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED WITHIN THE WARNING AREA STARTING LATER TODAY OR TONIGHT. DISCUSSION AND OUTLOOK ---------------------- AT 200 AM HST (1200 UTC), THE CENTER OF HURRICANE WALAKA WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 18.9 NORTH, LONGITUDE 169.8 WEST. WALAKA IS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTH NEAR 14 MPH (23 KM/H), AND IT IS EXPECTED TO TURN TOWARD THE NORTH-NORTHEAST WITH A FASTER FORWARD MOTION LATER TODAY