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TROPICAL DEPRESSION KILO ADVISORY NUMBER  24

NWS CENTRAL PACIFIC HURRICANE CENTER HONOLULU HI   CP032015

500 AM HST WED AUG 26 2015



...KILO DRIFTING WESTWARD...EXPECTED TO TURN SOUTHWEST

TOWARD JOHNSTON ISLAND TODAY...





SUMMARY OF 500 AM HST...1500 UTC...INFORMATION

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LOCATION...18.9N 167.8W

ABOUT 190 MI...305 KM NE OF JOHNSTON ISLAND

ABOUT 560 MI...905 KM WSW OF BARKING SANDS HAWAII

MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...35 MPH...55 KM/H

PRESENT MOVEMENT...W OR 260 DEGREES AT 3 MPH...6 KM/H

MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...1005 MB...29.68 INCHES





WATCHES AND WARNINGS

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CHANGES WITH THIS ADVISORY...



NONE



SUMMARY OF WATCHES AND WARNINGS IN EFFECT...



A TROPICAL STORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR...

* JOHNSTON ISLAND



A TROPICAL STORM WARNING MEANS THAT TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS ARE

EXPECTED WITHIN 36 HOURS.





DISCUSSION AND 48-HOUR OUTLOOK

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AT 500 AM HST...1500 UTC...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL DEPRESSION KILO

WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 18.9 NORTH...LONGITUDE 167.8 WEST. THE

DEPRESSION IS MOVING TOWARD THE WEST NEAR 3 MPH...6 KM/H. KILO

IS EXPECTED TO TURN TO THE SOUTHWEST TODAY...THEN CONTINUE A SLOW

SOUTHWEST TO WEST-SOUTHWEST MOTION THROUGH THURSDAY NIGHT. ON THE

FORECAST TRACK...THE CENTER OF KILO WILL PASS NORTH OF JOHNSTON

ISLAND ON THURSDAY AFTERNOON INTO THURSDAY NIGHT.



MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 35 MPH...55 KM/H...WITH HIGHER

GUSTS. SOME SLOW INTENSIFICATION IS FORECAST OVER THE NEXT COUPLE OF

DAYS...AND KILO MAY BECOME A TROPICAL STORM WITHIN THE NEXT 24

HOURS.



THE ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 1005 MB...29.68 INCHES.





HAZARDS AFFECTING LAND

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WIND...TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED ON JOHNSTON

ISLAND STARTING ON THURSDAY.



RAINFALL...RAINBANDS AND THUNDERSTORMS FROM KILO ARE ALREADY

AFFECTING JOHNSTON ISLAND AND ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE AS KILO

APPROACHES. TOTAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 5 TO 10 INCHES...WITH

ISOLATED MAXIMUM AMOUNTS TO 15 INCHES...ARE POSSIBLE.



SURF...LARGE SURF IS EXPECTED TO BUILD ESPECIALLY ALONG NORTH AND

NORTHEAST FACING SHORES AND REEFS AS KILO APPROACHES.





NEXT ADVISORY

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NEXT INTERMEDIATE ADVISORY...800 AM HST.

NEXT COMPLETE ADVISORY...1100 AM HST.



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FORECASTER JACOBSON/WROE