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BULLETIN
TROPICAL STORM NEKI ADVISORY NUMBER   6
NWS CENTRAL PACIFIC HURRICANE CENTER HONOLULU HI   CP032009
500 PM HST MON OCT 19 2009

AT 500 PM HST...0300 UTC...A HURRICANE WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR 
JOHNSTON ISLAND. A HURRICANE WATCH MEANS THAT HURRICANE CONDITIONS 
ARE POSSIBLE IN THE WATCH AREA WITHIN THE NEXT 48 HOURS.
 
ANYONE ON OR NEAR JOHNSTON ISLAND IS URGED TO CLOSELY MONITOR THE 
PROGRESS OF NEKI. A HURRICANE WARNING MAY BE ISSUED FOR JOHNSTON 
ISLAND LATE TONIGHT OR ON TUESDAY.
 
AT 500 PM HST...0300 UTC...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM NEKI WAS 
LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 11.6 NORTH...LONGITUDE 161.0 WEST OR ABOUT 
700 MILES SOUTH-SOUTHWEST OF HONOLULU HAWAII AND ABOUT 670 MILES 
EAST-SOUTHEAST OF JOHNSTON ISLAND.
 
NEKI IS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTHWEST NEAR 17 MPH AND THIS MOTION IS 
EXPECTED TO CONTINUE OVER THE NEXT 36 HOURS. BEYOND 36 HOURS...
NEKI IS FORECAST TO TURN TOWARD THE NORTH-NORTHWEST WITH A DECREASE 
IN FORWARD SPEED. 
 
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 40 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS. NEKI IS 
EXPECTED TO INCREASE IN STRENGTH AND BECOME A HURRICANE WITHIN 36 
TO 48 HOURS.
 
TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 70 MILES FROM THE 
CENTER.
 
ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 1006 MB...29.71 INCHES.
 
...SUMMARY OF 500 PM HST INFORMATION...
LOCATION...11.6N 161.0W
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...40 MPH
PRESENT MOVEMENT...NORTHWEST OR 310 DEGREES AT 17 MPH
MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...1006 MB
 
AN INTERMEDIATE ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE CENTRAL PACIFIC 
HURRICANE CENTER AT 800 PM HST FOLLOWED BY THE NEXT COMPLETE 
ADVISORY AT 1100 PM HST.
 
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FORECASTER KODAMA