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HURRICANE NEKI ADVISORY NUMBER  16
NWS CENTRAL PACIFIC HURRICANE CENTER HONOLULU HI   CP032009
500 AM HST THU OCT 22 2009

THE HURRICANE WARNING CONTINUES 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.
 
AT 500 AM HST...1500 UTC...THE CENTER OF HURRICANE NEKI WAS 
LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 20.4 NORTH...LONGITUDE 166.0 WEST OR ABOUT 
525 MILES WEST OF HONOLULU HAWAII AND ABOUT 245 MILES SOUTH OF 
FRENCH FRIGATE SHOALS.
 
NEKI IS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTH-NORTHEAST NEAR 10 MPH. A GRADUAL 
TURN TO THE NORTHEAST IS EXPECTED THROUGH FRIDAY. ON THIS TRACK...
TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TO BEGIN ACROSS PORTIONS OF 
THE WARNING AREA THIS AFTERNOON WITH HURRICANE CONDITIONS EXPECTED 
TONIGHT.
 
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 115 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS. NEKI IS 
A CATEGORY THREE HURRICANE ON THE SAFFIR-SIMPSON SCALE. LITTLE 
CHANGE IN STRENGTH IS FORECAST DURING THE NEXT 24 HOURS...WITH 
GRADUAL WEAKENING FORECAST THEREAFTER.
 
HURRICANE FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 60 MILES FROM THE 
CENTER...AND TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 205 
MILES.
 
ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 965 MB...28.50 INCHES.
 
...SUMMARY OF 500 AM HST INFORMATION...
LOCATION...20.4N 166.0W
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...115 MPH
PRESENT MOVEMENT...NORTH-NORTHEAST OR 25 DEGREES AT 10 MPH
MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...965 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 POWELL