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HURRICANE WALAKA INTERMEDIATE ADVISORY NUMBER 16A

NWS CENTRAL PACIFIC HURRICANE CENTER HONOLULU HI   CP012018

800 AM HST WED OCT 03 2018



...DANGEROUS HURRICANE WALAKA RACING TOWARD THE PAPAHANAUMOKUAKEA

MARINE NATIONAL MONUMENT...





SUMMARY OF 800 AM HST...1800 UTC...INFORMATION

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LOCATION...20.3N 168.8W

ABOUT 300 MI...480 KM SW OF FRENCH FRIGATE SHOALS

ABOUT 705 MI...1135 KM W OF HONOLULU

MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...140 MPH...220 KM/H

PRESENT MOVEMENT...NNE OR 25 DEGREES AT 22 MPH...35 KM/H

MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...942 MB...27.82 INCHES





WATCHES AND WARNINGS

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CHANGES WITH THIS ADVISORY:



NONE.



SUMMARY OF WATCHES AND WARNINGS IN EFFECT:



A HURRICANE WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR...

.. 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

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AT 800 AM HST (1800 UTC), THE EYE OF HURRICANE WALAKA WAS LOCATED

NEAR LATITUDE 20.3 NORTH, LONGITUDE 168.8 WEST. WALAKA IS MOVING

TOWARD THE NORTH-NORTHEAST NEAR 22 MPH (35 KM/H), AND THIS GENERAL

MOTION WITH A FASTER FORWARD SPEED IS EXPECTED THROUGH TONIGHT.

WALAKA IS FORECAST TO TURN TOWARD THE NORTH WITH A SLOWER FORWARD