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TROPICAL STORM LESTER ADVISORY NUMBER  55
NWS CENTRAL PACIFIC HURRICANE CENTER HONOLULU HI   EP132016
1100 PM HST TUE SEP 06 2016
 
...LESTER MOVING NORTH-NORTHEAST OVER THE OPEN WATERS OF THE
CENTRAL NORTH PACIFIC...
 
 
SUMMARY OF 1100 PM HST...0900 UTC...INFORMATION
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LOCATION...36.5N 166.0W
ABOUT 1155 MI...1860 KM NNW OF HONOLULU HAWAII
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...50 MPH...85 KM/H
PRESENT MOVEMENT...NNE OR 15 DEGREES AT 16 MPH...26 KM/H
MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...1001 MB...29.56 INCHES
 
 
WATCHES AND WARNINGS
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There are no coastal watches or warnings in effect.
 
 
DISCUSSION AND 48-HOUR OUTLOOK
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At 1100 PM HST (0900 UTC), the center of Tropical Storm Lester was
located near latitude 36.5 North, longitude 166.0 West. Lester is
moving toward the north-northeast near 16 mph (26 km/h). A turn
toward the northeast with a dramatic increase in forward speed is
expected overnight and Wednesday, as Lester transitions to an
extratropical low.
 
Maximum sustained winds are near 50 mph (85 km/h) with higher gusts.
Little change in intensity is forecast through Wednesday. Lester is
forecast to dissipate on Thursday as it becomes absorbed into the
circulation of a larger extratropical low near the Gulf of Alaska. 
 
Tropical-storm-force winds extend outward up to 90 miles (150 km)
from the center.
 
The estimated minimum central pressure is 1001 mb (29.56 inches).
 
 
HAZARDS AFFECTING LAND
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None.
 
 
NEXT ADVISORY
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Next complete advisory at 500 AM HST.
 
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Forecaster Jacobson
 
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