WTPA32 PHFO 251445
TCPCP2

BULLETIN
TROPICAL STORM NEKI ADVISORY NUMBER  28
NWS CENTRAL PACIFIC HURRICANE CENTER HONOLULU HI   CP032009
500 AM HST SUN OCT 25 2009

...NEKI BEGINNING TO WEAKEN FAR WEST NORTHWEST OF THE MAIN 
HAWAIIAN ISLANDS...
 
AT 500 AM HST...1500 UTC...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM NEKI WAS 
LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 24.8 NORTH...LONGITUDE 164.6 WEST OR ABOUT 
380 MILES WEST-NORTHWEST OF LIHUE...HAWAII AND ABOUT 125 MILES 
EAST-NORTHEAST OF FRENCH FRIGATE SHOALS.
 
NEKI IS MOVING SLOWLY TOWARD THE WEST-NORTHWEST NEAR 6 MPH...BUT 
IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN MOVING SLOWLY NORTHWARD LATER TODAY AND 
TONIGHT. NEKI IS FORECAST TO BEGIN ACCELERATING TOWARD THE NORTH 
NORTHEAST ON MONDAY...AND BY MONDAY NIGHT WILL LIKELY BE MOVING 
RAPIDLY OVER THE OPEN WATERS OF THE NORTH CENTRAL PACIFIC OCEAN.
 
NEKI HAS WEAKENED SLIGHTLY THIS MORNING...AND MAXIMUM SUSTAINED 
WINDS ARE NOW NEAR 50 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS. NEKI IS EXPECTED TO 
CONTINUE WEAKENING TODAY AND TONIGHT. BY MONDAY AFTERNOON...NEKI 
IS FORECAST TO START A TRANSITION INTO AN EXTRATROPICAL SYSTEM AS 
IT ACCELERATES TOWARD THE NORTH NORTHEAST.
 
TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 160 MILES FROM THE 
CENTER.
 
ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 1003 MB...29.62 INCHES.
 
...SUMMARY OF 500 AM HST INFORMATION...
LOCATION...24.8N 164.6W
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...50 MPH
PRESENT MOVEMENT...WEST-NORTHWEST OR 290 DEGREES AT 6 MPH
MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...1003 MB
 
THE NEXT ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE CENTRAL PACIFIC HURRICANE 
CENTER AT 1100 AM HST.
 
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FORECASTER HOUSTON