WTPA32 PHFO 241445 TCPCP2 BULLETIN TROPICAL STORM NEKI ADVISORY NUMBER 24 NWS CENTRAL PACIFIC HURRICANE CENTER HONOLULU HI CP032009 500 AM HST SAT OCT 24 2009 ...WEAKENING TROPICAL STORM NEKI MOVING SLOWLY AWAY FROM FRENCH FRIGATE SHOALS AND NECKER ISLAND... A TROPICAL STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE PAPAHANAUMOKUAKEA NATIONAL MONUMENT FROM NIHOA ISLAND TO FRENCH FRIGATE SHOALS. AT 500 AM HST...1500 UTC...THE TROPICAL STORM WARNING FOR THE PORTION OF THE PAPAHANAUMOKUAKEA NATIONAL MONUMENT FROM MARO REEF TO FRENCH FRIGATE SHOALS IS CANCELLED. AT 500 AM HST...1500 UTC...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM NEKI WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 24.3 NORTH...LONGITUDE 164.2 WEST OR ABOUT 345 MILES WEST-NORTHWEST OF LIHUE...HAWAII AND ABOUT 135 MILES EAST-NORTHEAST OF FRENCH FRIGATE SHOALS. NEKI IS MOVING SLOWLY TOWARD THE NORTHEAST NEAR 7 MPH...AND THIS GENERAL MOTION IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE THROUGH SUNDAY NIGHT. NEKI HAS WEAKENED SLIGHTLY...AND MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NOW NEAR 60 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS. ADDITIONAL SLOW WEAKENING IS EXPECTED THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF THIS WEEKEND. TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 140 MILES FROM THE CENTER. ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 1001 MB...29.56 INCHES. LARGE BREAKING WAVES...VERY ROUGH SEAS AND STRONG...GUSTY WINDS WILL CONTINUE FROM FRENCH FRIGATE SHOALS TO NIHOA ISLAND FOR SEVERAL MORE HOURS THIS MORNING. THE WEATHER AND SEA CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TO BEGIN GRADUALLY IMPROVING IN THIS AREA LATER TODAY AS NEKI SLOWLY MOVES AWAY. WEATHER CONDITIONS WEST OF FRENCH FRIGATE SHOALS HAVE IMPROVED EARLY THIS MORNING...BUT ROUGH SEAS WILL CONTINUE THERE THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF THIS MORNING. ...SUMMARY OF 500 AM HST INFORMATION... LOCATION...24.3N 164.2W MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...60 MPH PRESENT MOVEMENT...NORTHEAST OR 45 DEGREES AT 7 MPH MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...1001 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. $$ FORECASTER HOUSTON