WTPA31 PHFO 112056

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BULLETIN

TROPICAL STORM PALI ADVISORY NUMBER  18

NWS CENTRAL PACIFIC HURRICANE CENTER HONOLULU HI   CP012016

ISSUED BY NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL

1100 AM HST MON JAN 11 2016



...PALI STRENGTHENS WELL TO THE SOUTHWEST OF HAWAII...

....EXPECTED TO BECOME A HURRICANE LATER TODAY OR TONIGHT...





SUMMARY OF 1100 AM HST...2100 UTC...INFORMATION

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LOCATION...8.3N 172.5W

ABOUT 615 MI...990 KM SSW OF JOHNSTON ISLAND

ABOUT 1325 MI...2130 KM SW OF HONOLULU HAWAII

MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...70 MPH...110 KM/H

PRESENT MOVEMENT...E OR 90 DEGREES AT 2 MPH...4 KM/H

MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...988 MB...29.18 INCHES





WATCHES AND WARNINGS

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THERE ARE NO COASTAL WATCHES OR WARNINGS IN EFFECT.





DISCUSSION AND 48-HOUR OUTLOOK

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AT 1100 AM HST...2100 UTC...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM PALI WAS

LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 8.3 NORTH...LONGITUDE 172.5 WEST.  PALI IS

MOVING TOWARD THE EAST NEAR 2 MPH...4 KM/H.  A GRADUAL TURN TOWARD

THE SOUTHEAST IS EXPECTED TONIGHT...FOLLOWED BY A TURN TOWARD THE

SOUTH ON TUESDAY.



MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS HAVE INCREASED TO NEAR 70 MPH...110 KM/H

WITH HIGHER GUSTS. SOME STRENGTHENING IS EXPECTED DURING THE NEXT

24 HOURS...AND PALI COULD BECOME A HURRICANE LATER TODAY OR

TONIGHT.  BY TUESDAY...SLOW WEAKENING IS FORECAST TO BEGIN.



TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 125 MILES...205

KM...FROM THE CENTER.



THE ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 988 MB...29.18 INCHES.





HAZARDS AFFECTING LAND

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NONE.





NEXT ADVISORY

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NEXT COMPLETE ADVISORY AT 500 PM HST.



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FORECASTER STEWART