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TROPICAL STORM EUGENE ADVISORY NUMBER  31
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HONOLULU HI
5 PM HST FRI AUG 13 1999
 
...EUGENE CONTINUES TO MOVE TOWARD THE WEST AND WEAKEN...
 
AT 5 PM HST...0300Z...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM EUGENE...BEING
TRACKED BY HURRICANE HUNTERS FROM THE AIR FORCE RESERVES...WAS
ESTIMATED TO BE NEAR LATITUDE 14.7 NORTH...LONGITUDE 152.8 WEST
OR ABOUT 370 MILES...600 KM...SOUTH SOUTHEAST OF HILO.
 
EUGENE IS MOVING TOWARD THE WEST NEAR 16 MPH...26 KM/HR...AND THIS
MOTION IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE DURING THE NEXT 24 HOURS...TAKING IT
TO WITHIN 290 MILES SOUTH OF SOUTH POINT ON THE ISLAND OF HAWAII
VERY EARLY SATURDAY MORNING.
 
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR  50 MPH... 85 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER
GUSTS.  CONTINUED WEAKENING IS EXPECTED DURING THE NEXT 24 HOURS.
 
TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO  70 MILES ...110 KM
FROM THE CENTER.
 
ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 1002 MB...29.59 INCHES.
 
REPEATING THE 5 PM HST POSITION...14.7 N...152.8 W. MOVEMENT
TOWARD THE WEST NEAR 16 MPH.  MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS... 50 MPH. 
MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...1002 MB.
 
THE NEXT ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE CENTRAL PACIFIC HURRICANE
CENTER AT 11 PM HST.
 
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