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WTPZ33 KNHC 072031
TCPEP3
BULLETIN
HURRICANE FELICIA ADVISORY NUMBER  17
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL   EP082009
200 PM PDT FRI AUG 07 2009
 
...FELICIA EXPECTED TO WEAKEN...

INTERESTS IN HAWAII SHOULD MONITOR THE PROGRESS OF FELICIA.
 
AT 200 PM PDT...2100 UTC...THE CENTER OF HURRICANE FELICIA WAS
LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 18.3 NORTH...LONGITUDE 136.9 WEST OR ABOUT
1190 MILES...1920 KM...EAST OF HILO HAWAII.
 
FELICIA IS MOVING TOWARD THE WEST-NORTHWEST NEAR 14 MPH...22 KM/HR
...AND A TURN TO THE WEST IS EXPECTED TOMORROW.  
 
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS REMAIN NEAR 100 MPH...160 KM/HR...WITH
HIGHER GUSTS.  FELICIA IS A CATEGORY TWO HURRICANE ON THE
SAFFIR-SIMPSON HURRICANE SCALE.  SLOW WEAKENING IS FORECAST DURING
THE NEXT 48 HOURS.
 
HURRICANE FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 35 MILES...55 KM...FROM
THE CENTER...AND TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 90
MILES...150 KM.
 
ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 973 MB...28.73 INCHES.
 
...SUMMARY OF 200 PM PDT INFORMATION...
LOCATION...18.3N 136.9W
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...100 MPH
PRESENT MOVEMENT...WEST-NORTHWEST OR 290 DEGREES AT 14 MPH
MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...973 MB
 
THE NEXT ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER AT
800 PM PDT.
 
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FORECASTER BLAKE