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BULLETIN
TROPICAL STORM NEKI ADVISORY NUMBER   9
NWS CENTRAL PACIFIC HURRICANE CENTER HONOLULU HI   CP032009
1100 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. A TROPICAL STORM OR HURRICANE WARNING MAY 
BE ISSUED FOR JOHNSTON ISLAND LATER TODAY.
 
AT 1100 AM HST...2100 UTC...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM NEKI WAS 
LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 14.4 NORTH...LONGITUDE 164.0 WEST OR ABOUT 
625 MILES SOUTHWEST OF HONOLULU HAWAII AND ABOUT 400 MILES 
EAST-SOUTHEAST OF JOHNSTON ISLAND.
 
NEKI IS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTHWEST NEAR 15 MPH. NEKI WILL 
GRADUALLY TURN TO THE NORTH NORTHWEST AND DECREASE ITS FORWARD 
MOTION DURING THE NEXT 48 HOURS.
 
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 70 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS. NEKI IS 
FORECAST TO CONTINUE INTENSIFYING...REACHING HURRICANE STRENGTH 
WITHIN 12 HOURS AND INTENSIFYING FURTHER THROUGH 48 HOURS.
 
TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 90 MILES FROM THE 
CENTER.
 
ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 1000 MB...29.53 INCHES.
 
...SUMMARY OF 1100 AM HST INFORMATION...
LOCATION...14.4N 164.0W
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...70 MPH
PRESENT MOVEMENT...NORTHWEST OR 320 DEGREES AT 15 MPH
MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...1000 MB
 
AN INTERMEDIATE ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE CENTRAL PACIFIC 
HURRICANE CENTER AT 200 PM HST FOLLOWED BY THE NEXT COMPLETE 
ADVISORY AT 500 PM HST.
 
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FORECASTER WROE