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BULLETIN
TROPICAL STORM NEKI ADVISORY NUMBER   7
NWS CENTRAL PACIFIC HURRICANE CENTER HONOLULU HI   CP032009
1100 PM HST MON OCT 19 2009

...NEKI CONTINUES ON A NORTHWEST TRACK FAR SOUTH OF THE MAIN 
HAWAIIAN ISLANDS...
 
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.
 
AT 1100 PM HST...0900 UTC...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM NEKI WAS 
LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 12.4 NORTH...LONGITUDE 162.3 WEST OR ABOUT 
680 MILES SOUTH-SOUTHWEST OF HONOLULU HAWAII AND ABOUT 565 MILES 
EAST-SOUTHEAST OF JOHNSTON ISLAND.
 
NEKI IS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTHWEST NEAR 17 MPH. NEKI WILL CONTINUE 
MOVING TOWARD THE NORTHWEST OVER THE NEXT 48 HOURS BUT ITS FORWARD 
SPEED WILL DECREASE AFTER 24 HOURS.
 
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 45 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS. NEKI 
WILL CONTINUE TO INTENSIFY...REACHING HURRICANE STRENGTH IN 36 HOURS.
 
TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 80 MILES FROM THE 
CENTER.
 
ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 1005 MB...29.68 INCHES.

ANYONE 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.
  
...SUMMARY OF 1100 PM HST INFORMATION...
LOCATION...12.4N 162.3W
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...45 MPH
PRESENT MOVEMENT...NORTHWEST OR 310 DEGREES AT 17 MPH
MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...1005 MB
 
AN INTERMEDIATE ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE CENTRAL PACIFIC 
HURRICANE CENTER AT 200 AM HST FOLLOWED BY THE NEXT COMPLETE 
ADVISORY AT 500 AM HST.
 
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FORECASTER DONALDSON