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BULLETIN
HURRICANE NEKI ADVISORY NUMBER  11
NWS CENTRAL PACIFIC HURRICANE CENTER HONOLULU HI   CP032009
1100 PM HST TUE OCT 20 2009

...HURRICANE NEKI CONTINUES TO STRENGTHEN FAR SOUTHWEST OF THE 
MAIN HAWAIIAN ISLANDS...
 
AT 1100 PM HST...A HURRICANE WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR THE 
PAPAHANAUMOKUAKEA NATIONAL MONUMENT FROM FRENCH FRIGATE SHOALS TO 
LISIANSKI. A HURRICANE WATCH MEANS THAT HURRICANE CONDITIONS ARE 
POSSIBLE IN THE WATCH AREA WITHIN THE NEXT 48 HOURS.
 
A TROPICAL STORM WATCH CONTINUES FOR JOHNSTON ISLAND. A TROPICAL 
STORM WATCH MEANS THAT TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS ARE POSSIBLE IN 
THE WATCH AREA WITHIN THE NEXT 48 HOURS.
 
AT 1100 PM HST...0900 UTC...THE CENTER OF HURRICANE NEKI WAS 
LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 16.3 NORTH...LONGITUDE 166.0 WEST OR ABOUT 
630 MILES WEST-SOUTHWEST OF HONOLULU HAWAII AND ABOUT 235 MILES 
EAST OF JOHNSTON ISLAND.
 
NEKI IS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTHWEST NEAR 12 MPH. NEKI WILL 
GRADUALLY CURVE TOWARD THE NORTH OVER THE NEXT 48 HOURS.
 
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 85 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS. NEKI IS 
A CATEGORY ONE HURRICANE ON THE SAFFIR-SIMPSON SCALE. NEKI WILL 
CONTINUE INTENSIFYING OVER THE NEXT 48 HOURS.
 
HURRICANE FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 30 MILES FROM THE 
CENTER...AND TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 230 
MILES.
 
ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 985 MB...29.09 INCHES.
 
...SUMMARY OF 1100 PM HST INFORMATION...
LOCATION...16.3N 166.0W
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...85 MPH
PRESENT MOVEMENT...NORTHWEST OR 320 DEGREES AT 12 MPH
MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...985 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