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TROPICAL WEATHER OUTLOOK
NWS CENTRAL PACIFIC HURRICANE CENTER HONOLULU HI
800 PM HST SAT AUG 17 2013

FOR THE CENTRAL NORTH PACIFIC...BETWEEN 140W AND 180

1. THE CENTRAL PACIFIC HURRICANE CENTER HAS ISSUED IT LAST ADVISORY 
FOR TROPICAL STORM PEWA...WHICH IS LOCATED ABOUT 1130 MILES SOUTH OF 
MIDWAY ATOLL. PEWA IS MOVING TOWARD THE WEST NORTHWEST AT ABOUT 13 
MPH...WHICH WILL BRING THE TROPICAL CYCLONE ACROSS THE INTERNATIONAL 
DATE LINE INTO THE NORTHWEST PACIFIC OCEAN THIS EVENING. AS A 
RESULT...THE NEXT BULLETIN FOR PEWA WILL BE ISSUED BY THE REGIONAL 
METEOROLOGICAL CENTER IN TOKYO JAPAN. FOR U.S. INTERESTS...SEE THE 
DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE WARNINGS ISSUED BY THE JOINT TYPHOON WARNING 
CENTER IN HONOLULU...HAWAII.

2. A LARGE AREA OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ASSOCIATED WITH AN 
ELONGATED SURFACE TROUGH LOCATED ABOUT 1080 MILES WEST SOUTHWEST OF 
LIHUE...HAWAII IS MOVING WESTWARD AT ABOUT 15 MPH. LITTLE 
SIGNIFICANT DEVELOPMENT OF THIS SYSTEM IS EXPECTED DUE TO ITS CLOSE 
PROXIMITY TO THE OUTFLOW FROM TROPICAL STORM PEWA...WHICH HAS BEEN 
CREATING UNFAVORABLE WINDS ALOFT OVER THE SYSTEM. THIS SYSTEM HAS A 
LOW CHANCE...20 PERCENT...OF BECOMING A TROPICAL CYCLONE DURING THE 
NEXT 48 HOURS.

ELSEWHERE...NO TROPICAL CYCLONES ARE EXPECTED THROUGH EARLY MONDAY 
EVENING.

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HOUSTON