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HURRICANE WALAKA ADVISORY NUMBER  18

NWS CENTRAL PACIFIC HURRICANE CENTER HONOLULU HI   CP012018

500 PM HST WED OCT 03 2018



...DANGEROUS HURRICANE WALAKA NOW MOVING INTO THE PAPAHANAUMOKUAKEA

MARINE NATIONAL MONUMENT...





SUMMARY OF 500 PM HST...0300 UTC...INFORMATION

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LOCATION...23.1N 167.9W

ABOUT 115 MI...185 KM WSW OF FRENCH FRIGATE SHOALS

ABOUT 650 MI...1050 KM WNW OF HONOLULU HAWAII

MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...125 MPH...205 KM/H

PRESENT MOVEMENT...NNE OR 15 DEGREES AT 22 MPH...35 KM/H

MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...946 MB...27.94 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 PORTIONS OF THE WARNING AREA STARTING TONIGHT.



A TROPICAL STORM WARNING INDICATES THAT TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS

ARE IMMINENT OR OCCURRING WITHIN THE WARNING AREA.





DISCUSSION AND OUTLOOK

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AT 500 PM HST (0300 UTC), THE CENTER OF HURRICANE WALAKA WAS LOCATED

NEAR LATITUDE 23.1 NORTH, LONGITUDE 167.9 WEST. WALAKA IS MOVING

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

EXPECTED TO CONTINUE TONIGHT. WALAKA IS FORECAST TO TURN TOWARD THE

NORTH WITH A SLOWER FORWARD SPEED THURSDAY AND THURSDAY NIGHT. ON

THIS FORECAST TRACK, THE CENTER OF WALAKA WILL CROSS THE