WTPA31 PHFO 272353 TCPCP1 BULLETIN TROPICAL STORM KILO INTERMEDIATE ADVISORY NUMBER 29A NWS CENTRAL PACIFIC HURRICANE CENTER HONOLULU HI CP032015 200 PM HST THU AUG 27 2015 ...KILO MOVING SLOWLY TOWARD THE WEST-SOUTHWEST NORTHEAST OF JOHNSTON ISLAND... SUMMARY OF 200 PM HST...0000 UTC...INFORMATION ---------------------------------------------- LOCATION...17.6N 168.7W ABOUT 85 MI...135 KM NE OF JOHNSTON ISLAND ABOUT 650 MI...1045 KM WSW OF BARKING SANDS HAWAII MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...70 MPH...110 KM/H PRESENT MOVEMENT...WSW OR 250 DEGREES AT 5 MPH...7 KM/H MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...990 MB...29.24 INCHES WATCHES AND WARNINGS -------------------- 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 ------------------------------ AT 200 PM HST...0000 UTC...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM KILO WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 17.6 NORTH...LONGITUDE 168.7 WEST. KILO IS MOVING TOWARD THE WEST-SOUTHWEST NEAR 5 MPH...7 KM/H...AND THIS MOTION IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE TONIGHT WITH A TURN TOWARD THE WEST ON FRIDAY...WITH A SLIGHT INCREASE IN FORWARD SPEED. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 70 MPH...110 KM/H...WITH HIGHER GUSTS. KILO IS EXPECTED TO SLOWLY STRENGTHEN TO A HURRICANE TONIGHT OR FRIDAY AND CONTINUE TO STRENGTHEN ON SATURDAY. TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 70 MILES...110 KM FROM THE CENTER. THE ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 990 MB...29.24 INCHES. HAZARDS AFFECTING LAND ---------------------- WIND...TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED ON JOHNSTON ISLAND LATER TODAY...AND CONTINUE THROUGH TONIGHT AND FRIDAY. RAINFALL...OCCASIONAL HEAVY SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS FROM THIS SLOW MOVING TROPICAL STORM ARE CONTINUING TO AFFECT JOHNSTON ISLAND...AND ARE 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 ------------- NEXT COMPLETE ADVISORY...500 PM HST. $$ FORECASTER BURKE