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Hurricane Hector Advisory Number  48
NWS Central Pacific Hurricane Center Honolulu HI   EP102018
1100 PM HST Sat Aug 11 2018
 
...HECTOR WEAKENS AS IT CONTINUES MOVING NORTHWEST ACROSS THE
CENTRAL PACIFIC...
 
 
SUMMARY OF 1100 PM HST...0900 UTC...INFORMATION
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LOCATION...22.1N 172.9W
ABOUT 505 MI...815 KM SE OF MIDWAY ISLAND
ABOUT 285 MI...460 KM SSE OF LISIANSKI ISLAND
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...90 MPH...150 KM/H
PRESENT MOVEMENT...NW OR 315 DEGREES AT 15 MPH...24 KM/H
MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...976 MB...28.82 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...
* Kure Atoll and Midway Atoll and waters between Midway Atoll and
Pearl and Hermes Atoll.
* 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.
 
For storm information specific to your area, please monitor
products issued by the National Weather Service office in
Honolulu Hawaii.
 
 
DISCUSSION AND OUTLOOK
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At 1100 PM HST (0900 UTC), the center of Hurricane Hector was
located near latitude 22.1 North, longitude 172.9 West. Hector is
moving toward the northwest near 15 mph (24 km/h). This general
motion is expected to continue tonight and Sunday, followed by a
turn toward the west-northwest Sunday night through Tuesday.
 
Maximum sustained winds are near 90 mph (150 km/h) with higher
gusts. Fairly rapid weakening is expected tonight and Sunday,
followed by little change in intensity Sunday night through Tuesday.
 
Hurricane-force winds extend outward up to 45 miles (75 km) from the
center and tropical-storm-force winds extend outward up to 125 miles
(205 km).
 
The estimated minimum central pressure is 976 mb (28.82 inches).
 
 
HAZARDS AFFECTING LAND
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SURF:  Hector is producing swell that will affect portions of the
Northwestern Hawaiian Islands over 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. Tropical Storm
conditions are possible across Kure Atoll and Midway Atoll on
Monday.
 
 
NEXT ADVISORY
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Next intermediate advisory at 200 AM HST.
Next complete advisory at 500 AM HST.
 
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Forecaster Jelsema
 
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