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HURRICANE WALAKA ADVISORY NUMBER  17

NWS CENTRAL PACIFIC HURRICANE CENTER HONOLULU HI   CP012018

1100 AM HST WED OCT 03 2018



...DANGEROUS HURRICANE WALAKA MOVING INTO THE PAPAHANAUMOKUAKEA

MARINE NATIONAL MONUMENT TODAY...





SUMMARY OF 1100 AM HST...2100 UTC...INFORMATION

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LOCATION...21.4N 168.5W

ABOUT 220 MI...360 KM SW OF FRENCH FRIGATE SHOALS

ABOUT 680 MI...1095 KM W OF HONOLULU HAWAII

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

PRESENT MOVEMENT...NNE OR 20 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 TONIGHT.



A TROPICAL STORM WARNING INDICATES THAT TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS

ARE EXPECTED WITHIN THE WARNING AREA STARTING THIS AFTERNOON.





DISCUSSION AND OUTLOOK

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AT 1100 AM HST (2100 UTC), THE EYE OF HURRICANE WALAKA WAS

LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 21.4 NORTH, LONGITUDE 168.5 WEST. WALAKA IS

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

MOTION WITH A FASTER FORWARD SPEED IS EXPECTED THROUGH TONIGHT.

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

SPEED THURSDAY AND THURSDAY NIGHT. ON THIS FORECAST TRACK, THE