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BULLETIN
TROPICAL STORM NEKI ADVISORY NUMBER   8
NWS CENTRAL PACIFIC HURRICANE CENTER HONOLULU HI   CP032009
500 AM HST TUE OCT 20 2009

...NEKI CONTINUES TO TRACK NORTHWESTWARD AND STRENGTHEN FAR SOUTH 
OF THE MAIN HAWAIIAN ISLANDS...
 
A HURRICANE WATCH CONTINUES FOR JOHNSTON ISLAND. A HURRICANE WATCH 
MEANS THAT HURRICANE CONDITIONS ARE POSSIBLE IN THE WATCH AREA 
WITHIN THE NEXT 48 HOURS.
 
AT 500 AM HST...1500 UTC...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM NEKI WAS 
LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 13.3 NORTH...LONGITUDE 163.3 WEST OR ABOUT 
655 MILES SOUTHWEST OF HONOLULU HAWAII AND ABOUT 475 MILES 
EAST-SOUTHEAST OF JOHNSTON ISLAND.
 
NEKI IS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTHWEST NEAR 16 MPH. NEKI WILL CONTINUE 
MOVING TOWARD THE NORTHWEST OVER THE NEXT 48 HOURS BUT THE FORWARD 
SPEED WILL GRADUALLY SLOW.
 
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 65 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS. NEKI IS 
FORECAST TO CONTINUE INTENSIFYING...REACHING HURRICANE STRENGTH IN 
12 HOURS AND INTENSIFYING FURTHER THROUGH 48 HOURS.
 
TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 85 MILES FROM THE 
CENTER.
 
ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 1003 MB...29.62 INCHES.

ANYONE NEAR JOHNSTON ISLAND IS URGED TO CLOSELY MONITOR THE 
PROGRESS OF NEKI. A TROPICAL STORM OR HURRICANE WARNING MAY BE 
ISSUED FOR JOHNSTON ISLAND LATER TODAY.
 
...SUMMARY OF 500 AM HST INFORMATION...
LOCATION...13.3N 163.3W
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...65 MPH
PRESENT MOVEMENT...NORTHWEST OR 310 DEGREES AT 16 MPH
MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...1003 MB
 
AN INTERMEDIATE ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE CENTRAL PACIFIC 
HURRICANE CENTER AT 800 AM HST FOLLOWED BY THE NEXT COMPLETE 
ADVISORY AT 1100 AM HST.
 
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FORECASTER DONALDSON