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TROPICAL STORM EUGENE ADVISORY NUMBER 28
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HONOLULU HI
11 PM HST THU AUG 12 1999
 
...TROPICAL STORM EUGENE CONTINUES ON A DUE WESTWARD TRACK TO PASS
   SAFELY SOUTH OF HAWAII...
 
 
AT 11 PM HST...0900Z...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM EUGENE
WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 14.7 NORTH...LONGITUDE 148.5 WEST
OR ABOUT 575 MILES EASTSOUTHEAST OF HILO.
 
EUGENE IS MOVING TOWARD THE WEST NEAR 14 MPH AND THIS MOTION IS
EXPECTED TO CONTINUE FOR THE NEXT 24 HOURS.
 
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR  65 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS.
GRADUAL WEAKENING IS FORECAST DURING THE NEXT 24 HOURS.
 
TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 105 MILES
FROM THE CENTER.
 
ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 998MB OR 29.47 INCHES.
 
EUGENE WILL BE PASSING SAFELY SOUTH OF THE ISLANDS WITH ITS CLOSEST
POINT 250 MILES SOUTH OF THE BIG ISLAND SATURDAY MORNING. AN
INCREASE IN TRADE WIND SPEEDS..A FEW MORE TRADE SHOWERS..AND
EASTERLY SURF ARE EXPECTED ON SATURDAY.
 
REPEATING THE 11 PM HST POSITION...14.7N 148.5 W.  MOVEMENT
TOWARD THE WEST NEAR 14 MPH.  MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS 65 MPH. 
MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE 998MB.
 
THE NEXT ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE CENTRAL PACIFIC
HURRICANE CENTER AT 5 AM FRIDAY.
 
MATSUDA