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Hurricane Hector Advisory Number  46
NWS Central Pacific Hurricane Center Honolulu HI   EP102018
1100 AM HST Sat Aug 11 2018
 
...HECTOR NOW MOVING NORTHWEST ACROSS THE CENTRAL PACIFIC...
 
 
SUMMARY OF 1100 AM HST...2100 UTC...INFORMATION
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LOCATION...20.1N 170.9W
ABOUT 695 MI...1115 KM SE OF MIDWAY ISLAND
ABOUT 460 MI...740 KM SSE OF LISIANSKI ISLAND
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...110 MPH...175 KM/H
PRESENT MOVEMENT...NW OR 310 DEGREES AT 14 MPH...22 KM/H
MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...960 MB...28.35 INCHES
 
 
WATCHES AND WARNINGS
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CHANGES WITH THIS ADVISORY:
 
None.
 
SUMMARY OF WATCHES AND WARNINGS IN EFFECT:
 
A Tropical Storm Watch is in effect for...
* Portions of the Papahanaumokuakea Marine National Monument from
Lisianski Island to Pearl and Hermes Atoll.
 
A Tropical Storm Watch means that tropical storm conditions are
possible across the watch area within 48 hours.
 
Interests elsewhere in the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands on
Midway and Kure Atolls should monitor the progress of Hector.
 
 
DISCUSSION AND OUTLOOK
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At 1100 AM HST (2100 UTC), the center of Hurricane Hector was
located near latitude 20.1 North, longitude 170.9 West. Hector is
moving toward the northwest near 14 mph (22 km/h) and this motion is
expected to continue through Monday.
 
Maximum sustained winds are near 110 mph (175 km/h) with higher
gusts. Hector is a catagory 2 hurricane on the Saffir-Simpson
Hurricane Wind scale. Fairly rapid weakening is expected through
Sunday, followed by more gradual weakening Monday.
 
Hurricane-force winds extend outward up to 45 miles (75 km) from the
center and tropical-storm-force winds extend outward up to 140 miles
(220 km).
 
The estimated minimum central pressure is 960 mb (28.35 inches).
 
 
HAZARDS AFFECTING LAND
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SURF:  Hector is producing swell that will begin to arrive over
portions of the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands today, and continue
for the next couple of days. The large southeast seas and swells
will peak between Maro Reef and Lisianski Island tonight and Sunday,
and across Pearl and Hermes, Midway Atoll and Kure Atoll late Sunday
into Monday.
 
WIND:  Tropical Storm conditions are possible across Lisianski
Island and Pearl and Hermes Atoll on Sunday.
 
 
NEXT ADVISORY
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Next intermediate advisory at 200 PM HST.
Next complete advisory at 500 PM HST.
 
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Forecaster Powell
 
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