WTPA35 PHFO 211449 TCPCP5 BULLETIN TROPICAL STORM MALIA ADVISORY NUMBER 12 NWS CENTRAL PACIFIC HURRICANE CENTER HONOLULU HI CP052015 500 AM HST MON SEP 21 2015 ...TROPICAL STORM MALIA PRODUCING STRONG WINDS AND HEAVY RAINFALL OVER THE CENTRAL PAPAHANAUMOKUAKEA MARINE NATIONAL MONUMENT... SUMMARY OF 500 AM HST...1500 UTC...INFORMATION ---------------------------------------------- LOCATION...25.1N 171.0W ABOUT 35 MI...55 KM WSW OF MARO REEF ABOUT 200 MI...320 KM ESE OF LISIANSKI ISLAND MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...40 MPH...65 KM/H PRESENT MOVEMENT...NNE OR 25 DEGREES AT 12 MPH...19 KM/H MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...1001 MB...29.56 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. DISCUSSION AND 48-HOUR OUTLOOK ------------------------------ AT 500 AM HST...1500 UTC...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM MALIA WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 25.1 NORTH...LONGITUDE 171.0 WEST. MALIA IS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTH-NORTHEAST NEAR 12 MPH...19 KM/H. THIS GENERAL MOTION IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE THIS MORNING...WITH A GRADUAL TURN TOWARD THE NORTH EXPECTED LATER TODAY AND TONIGHT. MALIA WILL TURN TOWARD THE NORTH-NORTHWEST AT A FASTER FORWARD SPEED TUESDAY AND TUESDAY NIGHT. 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 1001 MB...29.56 INCHES. HAZARDS AFFECTING LAND ---------------------- WIND...TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS ARE OCCURRING OVER PORTIONS OF THE CENTRAL PAPAHANAUMOKUAKEA MARINE NATIONAL MONUMENT. THESE CONDITIONS ARE 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 RAINFALL AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE 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 INTERMEDIATE ADVISORY...800 AM HST. NEXT COMPLETE ADVISORY...1100 AM HST. $$ FORECASTER HOUSTON