WTPA35 PHFO 191443 TCPCP5 BULLETIN TROPICAL DEPRESSION FIVE-C ADVISORY NUMBER 3 NWS CENTRAL PACIFIC HURRICANE CENTER HONOLULU HI CP052015 500 AM HST SAT SEP 19 2015 ...TROPICAL DEPRESSION FIVE-C TRACKING NORTHEAST... ...TROPICAL STORM WARNING ISSUED FOR PORTIONS OF THE PAPAHANAUMOKUAKEA MARINE NATIONAL MONUMENT... SUMMARY OF 500 AM HST...1500 UTC...INFORMATION ---------------------------------------------- LOCATION...19.4N 173.3W ABOUT 465 MI...750 KM S OF LISIANSKI ISLAND ABOUT 310 MI...500 KM NW OF JOHNSTON ISLAND MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...35 MPH...55 KM/H PRESENT MOVEMENT...NE OR 45 DEGREES AT 9 MPH...15 KM/H MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...1005 MB...29.68 INCHES WATCHES AND WARNINGS -------------------- CHANGES WITH THIS ADVISORY... A TROPICAL STORM WARNING HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR PORTIONS OF THE PAPAHANAUMOKUAKEA MARINE NATIONAL MONUMENT...FROM FRENCH FRIGATE SHOALS TO MARO REEF TO LISIANSKI ISLAND. A TROPICAL STORM WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR PORTIONS OF THE PAPAHANAUMOKUAKEA MARINE NATIONAL MONUMENT...FROM LISIANSKI ISLAND TO PEARL AND HERMES. SUMMARY OF WATCHES AND WARNINGS IN EFFECT... A TROPICAL STORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR... * PORTIONS OF THE PAPAHANAUMOKUAKEA MARINE NATIONAL MONUMENT...FROM FRENCH FRIGATE SHOALS TO MARO REEF TO LISIANSKI ISLAND. A TROPICAL STORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR... * PORTIONS OF THE PAPAHANAUMOKUAKEA MARINE NATIONAL MONUMENT...FROM LISIANSKI ISLAND TO PEARL AND HERMES. A TROPICAL STORM WARNING MEANS THAT TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED SOMEWHERE WITHIN THE WARNING AREA WITHIN 36 HOURS. A TROPICAL STORM WATCH MEANS THAT TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS ARE POSSIBLE WITHIN THE WATCH AREA...GENERALLY WITHIN 36 TO 48 HOURS. INTERESTS ELSEWHERE IN THE PAPAHANAUMOKUAKEA NATIONAL MARINE MONUMENT SHOULD MONITOR THE PROGRESS OF FIVE-C. FOR STORM INFORMATION SPECIFIC TO YOUR AREA...PLEASE MONITOR PRODUCTS ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE IN HONOLULU HAWAII. DISCUSSION AND 48-HOUR OUTLOOK ------------------------------ AT 500 AM HST...1500 UTC...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL DEPRESSION FIVE-C WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 19.4 NORTH...LONGITUDE 173.3 WEST. THE DEPRESSION IS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTHEAST NEAR 9 MPH...15 KM/H. THIS GENERAL MOTION IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE TODAY...FOLLOWED BY A TURN TOWARD THE NORTH...AND AN INCREASE IN FORWARD SPEED... ON SUNDAY AND MONDAY. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 35 MPH...55 KM/H...WITH HIGHER GUSTS. SOME INTENSIFICATION IS EXPECTED DURING THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS...AND FIVE-C IS EXPECTED TO BECOME A TROPICAL STORM LATER TODAY. THE ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 1005 MB...29.68 INCHES. HAZARDS AFFECTING LAND ---------------------- WIND...TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED IN THE WARNING AREA BY LATE SUNDAY...AND TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS ARE POSSIBLE IN THE WATCH AREA SUNDAY NIGHT AND MONDAY. SURF...SWELLS FROM THE SOUTH AND SOUTHEAST WILL BEGIN TO ARRIVE IN THE CENTRAL PORTIONS OF THE PAPAHANAUMOKUAKEA NATIONAL MARINE MONUMENT LATER TODAY. SURF AND SEAS WILL BECOME LARGE AND INCREASINGLY ROUGH AND DANGEROUS ON SUNDAY AND MONDAY AS THE SYSTEM MOVES ACROSS THE AREA. RAINFALL...HEAVY RAIN AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO IMPACT THE WARNING AREA LATE TONIGHT AND SUNDAY...WITH TOTAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS BETWEEN 2 AND 4 INCHES. NEXT ADVISORY ------------- NEXT INTERMEDIATE ADVISORY...800 AM HST. NEXT COMPLETE ADVISORY...1100 AM HST. $$ FORECASTER BIRCHARD