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TCPCP2

BULLETIN
HURRICANE NEKI ADVISORY NUMBER  10
NWS CENTRAL PACIFIC HURRICANE CENTER HONOLULU HI   CP032009
500 PM HST TUE OCT 20 2009

...STRENGTHENING HURRICANE NEKI CONTINUES TO TRACK NORTHWESTWARD 
FAR SOUTHWEST OF THE MAIN HAWAIIAN ISLANDS....
 
AT 500 PM HST...0300 UTC....THE HURRICANE WATCH FOR JOHNSTON 
ISLAND HAS BEEN CHANGED TO A TROPICAL STORM WATCH. A TROPICAL STORM 
WATCH MEANS THAT TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS ARE POSSIBLE IN THE 
WATCH AREA WITHIN THE NEXT 48 HOURS.
 
AT 500 PM HST...0300 UTC...THE CENTER OF HURRICANE NEKI WAS 
LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 15.5 NORTH...LONGITUDE 165.2 WEST OR ABOUT 
625 MILES SOUTHWEST OF HONOLULU HAWAII AND ABOUT 295 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 75 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS. NEKI IS 
A CATEGORY ONE HURRICANE ON THE SAFFIR-SIMPSON SCALE AND IS 
FORECAST TO CONTINUE INTENSIFYING THROUGH 48 HOURS.
 
HURRICANE FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 30 MILES FROM THE 
CENTER...AND TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 100 
MILES.
 
ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 992 MB...29.29 INCHES.
 
...SUMMARY OF 500 PM HST INFORMATION...
LOCATION...15.5N 165.2W
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...75 MPH
PRESENT MOVEMENT...NORTHWEST OR 320 DEGREES AT 15 MPH
MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...992 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 WROE