WTPA31 PHFO 280556 TCPCP1 BULLETIN TROPICAL STORM KILO INTERMEDIATE ADVISORY NUMBER 30A NWS CENTRAL PACIFIC HURRICANE CENTER HONOLULU HI CP032015 800 PM HST THU AUG 27 2015 ...KILO MOVING SLOWLY TO THE WEST-SOUTHWEST NORTH OF JOHNSTON ISLAND... SUMMARY OF 800 PM HST...0600 UTC...INFORMATION ---------------------------------------------- LOCATION...17.3N 169.4W ABOUT 40 MI...65 KM NNE OF JOHNSTON ISLAND ABOUT 910 MI...1460 KM SE OF MIDWAY ISLAND MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...70 MPH...110 KM/H PRESENT MOVEMENT...WSW OR 250 DEGREES AT 7 MPH...11 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 800 PM HST...0600 UTC...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM KILO WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 17.3 NORTH...LONGITUDE 169.4 WEST. KILO IS MOVING TOWARD THE WEST-SOUTHWEST NEAR 7 MPH...11 KM/H. THIS MOTION IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE OVERNIGHT...FOLLOWED BY A TURN TOWARD THE WEST AND A SLIGHT INCREASE IN FORWARD SPEED ON FRIDAY. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 70 MPH...110 KM/H...WITH HIGHER GUSTS. KILO IS FORECAST TO SLOWLY INTENSIFY DURING THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS...AND MAY BECOME A HURRICANE ON FRIDAY. 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 TONIGHT INTO FRIDAY. RAINFALL...OCCASIONAL HEAVY SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS FROM THIS SLOW MOVING TROPICAL STORM WILL CONTINUE TO AFFECT JOHNSTON ISLAND OVERNIGHT INTO FRIDAY AS KILO PASSES JUST TO THE NORTH OF THE ISLAND. TOTAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 5 TO 10 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE. SURF...LARGE SURF WILL CONTINUE...ESPECIALLY ALONG NORTH AND NORTHEAST FACING SHORES AND REEFS...AS KILO PASSES JUST TO THE NORTH OF JOHNSTON ISLAND. NEXT ADVISORY ------------- NEXT COMPLETE ADVISORY...1100 PM HST. $$ FORECASTER JACOBSON