WTPA31 PHFO 281440 TCPCP1 BULLETIN TROPICAL STORM KILO ADVISORY NUMBER 32 NWS CENTRAL PACIFIC HURRICANE CENTER HONOLULU HI CP032015 500 AM HST FRI AUG 28 2015 ...KILO MOVING WESTWARD AND AWAY FROM JOHNSTON ISLAND... SUMMARY OF 500 AM HST...1500 UTC...INFORMATION ---------------------------------------------- LOCATION...17.2N 170.6W ABOUT 80 MI...130 KM WNW OF JOHNSTON ISLAND ABOUT 875 MI...1405 KM SSE OF MIDWAY ISLAND MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...70 MPH...110 KM/H PRESENT MOVEMENT...W OR 265 DEGREES AT 8 MPH...13 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 DISCUSSION AND 48-HOUR OUTLOOK ------------------------------ AT 500 AM HST...1500 UTC...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM KILO WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 17.2 NORTH...LONGITUDE 170.6 WEST. KILO IS MOVING TOWARD THE WEST NEAR 8 MPH. THIS MOTION IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE TODAY AND TONIGHT...FOLLOWED BY A GRADUAL TURN TO THE WEST-NORTHWEST ON SATURDAY. 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 LATER TODAY. TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 90 MILES...150 KM FROM THE CENTER. THE ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 990 MB...29.24 INCHES. HAZARDS AFFECTING LAND ---------------------- WIND...TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE ON JOHNSTON ISLAND INTO THIS MORNING...WITH WINDS DIMINISHING LATER TODAY. RAINFALL...HEAVY SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS FROM KILO WILL CONTINUE TO AFFECT JOHNSTON ISLAND TODAY. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 2 TO 4 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE. SURF...LARGE SURF WILL CONTINUE ON JOHNSTON ISLAND TODAY... ESPECIALLY ALONG NORTHWEST AND NORTH FACING SHORES AND REEFS. NEXT ADVISORY ------------- NEXT INTERMEDIATE ADVISORY...800 AM HST. NEXT COMPLETE ADVISORY...1100 AM HST. $$ FORECASTER JACOBSON