WTPA35 PHFO 212353 TCPCP5 BULLETIN TROPICAL STORM MALIA INTERMEDIATE ADVISORY NUMBER 13A NWS CENTRAL PACIFIC HURRICANE CENTER HONOLULU HI CP052015 200 PM HST MON SEP 21 2015 ...TROPICAL STORM MALIA PRODUCING STRONG WINDS AND HEAVY RAINFALL OVER THE CENTRAL PAPAHANAUMOKUAKEA MARINE NATIONAL MONUMENT NEAR LAYSAN AND MARO REEF... SUMMARY OF 200 PM HST...0000 UTC...INFORMATION ---------------------------------------------- LOCATION...27.1N 171.9W ABOUT 140 MI...225 KM NW OF MARO REEF ABOUT 145 MI...235 KM ENE OF LISIANSKI ISLAND MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...40 MPH...65 KM/H PRESENT MOVEMENT...NNW OR 330 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. A TROPICAL STORM WARNING MEANS THAT TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED SOMEWHERE WITHIN THE WARNING AREA. 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 200 PM HST...0000 UTC...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM MALIA WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 27.1 NORTH...LONGITUDE 171.9 WEST. MALIA IS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTH-NORTHWEST NEAR 12 MPH...19 KM/H. THIS MOTION WILL CONTINUE THROUGH TONIGHT...FOLLOWED BY AN INCREASE IN FORWARD SPEED TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 40 MPH...65 KM/H...WITH HIGHER GUSTS. SOME ADDITIONAL STRENGTHENING IS EXPECTED OVER THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS. TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 140 MILES...220 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 NEAR MARO REEF. THESE CONDITIONS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE THROUGH MUCH OF THE AFTERNOON. SURF...DANGEROUS SEA AND SURF CONDITIONS CAN BE EXPECTED THROUGH THIS EVENING. RAINFALL...HEAVY RAINFALL AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO IMPACT PORTIONS OF THE WARNING AREA TODAY...MAINLY BETWEEN MARO REEF AND FRENCH FRIGATE SHOALS. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL OF 1 TO 3 INCHES IS EXPECTED. NEXT ADVISORY ------------- NEXT COMPLETE ADVISORY...500 PM HST. $$ FORECASTER WROE