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HURRICANE NEKI ADVISORY NUMBER  13
NWS CENTRAL PACIFIC HURRICANE CENTER HONOLULU HI   CP032009
1100 AM HST WED OCT 21 2009

...NEKI STRENGTHENS INTO A CATEGORY THREE HURRICANE AS IT 
CONTINUES TO TRACK NORTH NORTHWESTWARD FAR SOUTHWEST OF THE MAIN 
HAWAIIAN ISLANDS...
 
AT 1100 AM HST...2100 UTC...A HURRICANE WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR 
THE PAPAHANAUMOKUAKEA NATIONAL MONUMENT FROM NIHOA ISLAND TO FRENCH 
FRIGATE SHOALS TO MARO REEF. A HURRICANE WARNING MEANS HURRICANE 
CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED IN THE WARNING AREA WITHIN 36 HOURS.
 
THE HURRICANE WATCH CONTINUES FOR THE PAPAHANAUMOKUAKEA NATIONAL 
MONUMENT FROM MARO REEF TO LISIANSKI. A HURRICANE WATCH MEANS THAT 
HURRICANE CONDITIONS ARE POSSIBLE IN THE WATCH AREA WITHIN THE NEXT 
48 HOURS.
 
THE TROPICAL STORM WATCH FOR JOHNSTON ISLAND HAS BEEN DISCONTINUED.
 
AT 1100 AM HST...2100 UTC...THE CENTER OF HURRICANE NEKI WAS 
LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 18.0 NORTH...LONGITUDE 166.8 WEST OR ABOUT 
620 MILES WEST-SOUTHWEST OF HONOLULU HAWAII AND ABOUT 410 MILES 
SOUTH OF FRENCH FRIGATE SHOALS.
 
NEKI IS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTH-NORTHWEST NEAR 9 MPH. ADDITIONAL 
STRENGTHENING IS FORECAST OVER THE NEXT 24 HOURS...WITH A GRADUAL 
TURN TO THE NORTH BY 48 HOURS. ON THIS TRACK...CONDITIONS ARE 
EXPECTED TO BEGIN DETERIORATING ACROSS PORTIONS OF THE WARNING 
AREA EARLY THURSDAY.
 
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 115 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS. NEKI IS 
A CATEGORY THREE HURRICANE ON THE SAFFIR-SIMPSON SCALE. ADDITIONAL 
STRENGTHENING IS FORECAST DURING THE NEXT 24 HOURS.
 
HURRICANE FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 40 MILES FROM THE 
CENTER...AND TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 255 
MILES.

RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 8 TO 12 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED ALONG THE PATH 
OF NEKI.

LARGE SWELLS WILL BEGIN TO BUILD IN ADVANCE OF NEKI ACROSS THE 
SMALLER ISLANDS OF THE PAPAHANAUMOKUAKEA NATIONAL MONUMENT 
WEDNESDAY NIGHT...AND SEAS WILL BUILD TO 15 TO 20 FT ON THURSDAY... 
CREATING SURF OF 20 TO 25 FT.
 
ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 960 MB...28.35 INCHES.
 
...SUMMARY OF 1100 AM HST INFORMATION...
LOCATION...18.0N 166.8W
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...115 MPH
PRESENT MOVEMENT...NORTH-NORTHWEST OR 345 DEGREES AT 9 MPH
MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...960 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