WTPA35 PHFO 211151 TCPCP5 BULLETIN TROPICAL STORM MALIA SPECIAL ADVISORY NUMBER 11 NWS CENTRAL PACIFIC HURRICANE CENTER HONOLULU HI CP052015 200 AM HST MON SEP 21 2015 ...TROPICAL STORM MALIA DEVELOPS JUST SOUTH OF THE CENTRAL PAPAHANAUMOKUAKEA MARINE NATIONAL MONUMENT... SUMMARY OF 200 AM HST...1200 UTC...INFORMATION ---------------------------------------------- LOCATION...24.7N 171.2W ABOUT 200 MI...320 KM ESE OF LISIANSKI ISLAND ABOUT 60 MI...95 KM SW OF MARO REEF MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...40 MPH...65 KM/H PRESENT MOVEMENT...NNE OR 25 DEGREES AT 12 MPH...19 KM/H MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...1002 MB...29.59 INCHES WATCHES AND WARNINGS -------------------- CHANGES WITH THIS ADVISORY... NONE. 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 WARNING MEANS THAT TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED SOMEWHERE WITHIN THE WARNING AREA. DISCUSSION AND 48-HOUR OUTLOOK ------------------------------ AT 200 AM HST...1200 UTC...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM MALIA WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 24.7 NORTH...LONGITUDE 171.2 WEST. MALIA IS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTH-NORTHEAST NEAR 12 MPH...19 KM/H. THIS GENERAL MOTION IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON WITH A GRADUAL TURN TOWARD THE NORTH AND THEN TOWARD THE NORTH-NORTHWEST AT A FASTER FORWARD SPEED FROM TONIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 40 MPH...65 KM/H...WITH HIGHER GUSTS. SOME SLOW INTENSIFICATION IS EXPECTED DURING THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS. TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 115 MILES...185 KM FROM THE CENTER. THE ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 1002 MB...29.59 INCHES. HAZARDS AFFECTING LAND ---------------------- WIND...TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED IN THE WARNING AREA THIS MORNING...WITH THESE CONDITIONS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE INTO TONIGHT. SURF...SWELLS FROM THE SOUTH AND SOUTHEAST WILL CONTINUE TO IMPACT CENTRAL PORTIONS OF THE PAPAHANAUMOKUAKEA MARINE NATIONAL MONUMENT. DANGEROUS SEA AND SURF CONDITIONS CAN BE EXPECTED THROUGH THIS EVENING AS THE SYSTEM MOVES ACROSS THE AREA. RAINFALL...HEAVY RAIN AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO IMPACT PORTIONS OF THE WARNING AREA TODAY. RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 2 TO 4 INCHES ARE EXPECTED...WITH LOCAL RAINFALL TOTALS OF UP TO 6 INCHES POSSIBLE. NEXT ADVISORY ------------- NEXT COMPLETE ADVISORY...500 AM HST. $$ FORECASTER HOUSTON