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TROPICAL STORM NEKI ADVISORY NUMBER   4
NWS CENTRAL PACIFIC HURRICANE CENTER HONOLULU HI   CP032009
500 AM HST MON OCT 19 2009

...NEWLY FORMED TROPICAL STORM NEKI MOVING TOWARD THE WEST 
NORTHWEST FAR SOUTH OF THE MAIN HAWAIIAN ISLANDS...
 
AT 500 AM HST...1500 UTC...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM NEKI WAS 
LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 9.5 NORTH...LONGITUDE 159.6 WEST OR ABOUT 
825 MILES SOUTH OF HONOLULU...HAWAII AND ABOUT 830 MILES SOUTHEAST 
OF JOHNSTON ISLAND.
 
NEKI IS MOVING TOWARD THE WEST-NORTHWEST NEAR 14 MPH AND THIS 
GENERAL MOTION IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE TODAY. NEKI IS EXPECTED TO 
GRADUALLY SHIFT TOWARD THE NORTHWEST LATER TONIGHT OR TUESDAY.
 
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 40 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS. 
ADDITIONAL INTENSIFICATION IS EXPECTED LATER TODAY AND TONIGHT... 
AND NEKI IS FORECAST TO BECOME A HURRICANE ON TUESDAY.
 
TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 60 MILES FROM THE 
CENTER.
 
ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 1006 MB...29.71 INCHES.
 
BASED ON THE CURRENT TRACK FORECAST...NEKI IS EXPECTED TO PASS VERY 
CLOSE TO JOHNSTON ISLAND WEDNESDAY. NEKI IS ALSO FORECAST TO BE A 
HURRICANE BY THAT TIME. ANYONE IN THE VICINITY OF JOHNSTON ISLAND IS 
URGED TO CLOSELY MONITOR FUTURE ADVISORIES ON THIS SYSTEM...SINCE A 
HURRICANE WATCH MAY BE REQUIRED FOR THAT ISLAND LATER TODAY.
 
...SUMMARY OF 500 AM HST INFORMATION...
LOCATION...9.5N 159.6W
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...40 MPH
PRESENT MOVEMENT...WEST-NORTHWEST OR 290 DEGREES AT 14 MPH
MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...1006 MB
 
THE NEXT ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE CENTRAL PACIFIC HURRICANE 
CENTER AT 1100 AM HST.
 
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FORECASTER HOUSTON