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TROPICAL WEATHER SUMMARY FOR THE CENTRAL NORTH PACIFIC
NWS CENTRAL PACIFIC HURRICANE CENTER HONOLULU HI
200 AM HST MON SEP 1 2008
FOR THE CENTRAL NORTH PACIFIC...BETWEEN 140W AND 180
THERE WAS ONE TROPICAL CYCLONE IN THE CENTRAL PACIFIC HURRICANE 
CENTER /CPHC/ AREA OF RESPONSIBILITY DURING THE MONTH OF AUGUST 2008.
THE FIRST TROPICAL CYCLONE TO DEVELOP OVER THE CENTRAL NORTH PACIFIC 
SINCE 2006 OCCURRED IN AUGUST 2008. THE SYSTEM WHICH EVENTUALLY 
BECAME TROPICAL DEPRESSION ONE-C WAS FIRST NOTED WHEN IT WAS A WEAK 
DISTURBANCE ALONG AN EAST TO WEST ORIENTED SURFACE TROUGH THAT 
EXTENDED EAST OF LONGITUDE 140W. THIS WEAK DISTURBANCE WAS FIRST 
IDENTIFIED BY FORECASTERS AT CPHC OVER THE NORTHEAST PACIFIC EARLY 
ON THE MORNING OF 4 AUGUST NEAR 10N 136W. THIS DISTURBANCE MOVED 
WESTWARD AT ABOUT 15 MPH DURING THE NEXT TWO DAYS...AND WAS 
DESIGNATED TROPICAL DEPRESSION ONE-C BY CPHC ON THE AFTERNOON OF 6 
AUGUST WHEN IT WAS ABOUT 850 MILES SOUTHEAST OF HILO...HAWAII. SIX 
HOURS LATER...TROPICAL DEPRESSION ONE-C WAS UPGRADED TO A TROPICAL 
STORM AND WAS ASSIGNED THE NAME KIKA.
TROPICAL STORM KIKA WAS A RELATIVELY SMALL TROPICAL CYCLONE THAT 
MOVED WESTWARD AT ABOUT 15 MPH SOUTH OF A SUBTROPICAL RIDGE. KIKA 
NEVER STRENGTHENED BEYOND A MINIMAL TROPICAL STORM...EVEN THOUGH THE 
ENVIRONMENT SURROUNDING THE TROPICAL CYCLONE APPEARED TO BE SOMEWHAT 
FAVORABLE FOR SOME SLIGHT INTENSIFICATION. THE SEA SURFACE 
TEMPERATURES WERE AROUND 27C ALONG ITS PATH...WHICH WAS GENERALLY 
ALONG LATITUDE 10N. THE VERTICAL WIND SHEAR IN THE VICINITY OF THE 
TROPICAL CYCLONE WAS ESTIMATED TO BE 10 TO 15 MPH FROM THE EAST. ON 
THE MORNING OF 08 AUGUST...THE FIRST VISIBLE IMAGES INDICATED THAT 
THE LOW LEVEL CIRCULATION CENTER OF KIKA HAD BECOME SEPARATED FROM 
THE DEEP CONVECTION. AS A RESULT...KIKA WAS DOWNGRADED TO A TROPICAL 
DEPRESSION. THIS WEAKENED CONDITION WAS TEMPORARY...AND KIKA WAS 
UPGRADED TO TROPICAL STORM INTENSITY AGAIN BY THE EVENING OF 8 
AUGUST. ANALYSES FROM UW/CIMSS INDICATED THE VERTICAL WIND SHEAR WAS 
10 MPH OR LESS AT THIS TIME. THE TROPICAL STORM...WHICH TRAVELLED 
WESTWARD AT 10 TO 15 MPH DURING THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS...WAS MOVING 
OVER 26.5C TO 27C SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURES. KIKA EVENTUALLY WEAKENED 
AGAIN...AND WAS DOWNGRADED TO A TROPICAL DEPRESSION BY THE AFTERNOON 
OF 10 AUGUST WHEN IT WAS ABOUT 875 MILES SOUTH SOUTHWEST OF 
HONOLULU...HAWAII. THE TROPICAL DEPRESSION CONTINUED TO WEAKEN...AND 
THE FINAL ADVISORY FOR THIS SYSTEM WAS ISSUED BY CPHC DURING THE 
EVENING OF 11 AUGUST. THE REMNANTS OF FORMER TROPICAL DEPRESSION 
KIKA CROSSED THE DATELINE INTO THE NORTHWEST PACIFIC LATE ON 13 
AUGUST.
SUMMARY TABLE
NAME           DATES       MAX. WIND    EST. MINIMUM PRESSURE
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TS KIKA        6-11 AUG   35 KT/40 MPH   1007 MB/29.74 IN
FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION...VISIT THE CENTRAL PACIFIC HURRICANE 
CENTER WEB SITE AT.../IN LOWERCASE/...WWW.WEATHER.GOV/CPHC
THE NEXT TROPICAL WEATHER SUMMARY WILL BE ISSUED ON OCTOBER 1... 
2008.
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HOUSTON/POWELL