WTPA32 PHFO 211208 TCPCP2 BULLETIN HURRICANE NEKI INTERMEDIATE ADVISORY NUMBER 11A NWS CENTRAL PACIFIC HURRICANE CENTER HONOLULU HI CP032009 200 AM HST WED OCT 21 2009 ...HURRICANE NEKI CONTINUES TO STRENGTHEN FAR SOUTHWEST OF THE MAIN HAWAIIAN ISLANDS... A HURRICANE WATCH CONTINUES 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 200 AM HST...1200 UTC...THE CENTER OF HURRICANE NEKI WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 16.7 NORTH...LONGITUDE 166.6 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 14 MPH. NEKI WILL GRADUALLY CURVE TOWARD THE NORTH OVER THE NEXT 48 HOURS. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 90 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS. NEKI IS NOW A CATEGORY TWO HURRICANE ON THE SAFFIR-SIMPSON WIND 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 980 MB...28.94 INCHES. ANYONE NEAR JOHNSTON ISLAND OR THE PAPAHANAUMOKUAKEA NATIONAL MONUMENT SHOULD CLOSELY MONITOR THE FORECASTS FOR NEKI. A TROPICAL STORM OR HURRICANE WARNING COULD BE ISSUED FOR PAPAHANAUMOKUAKEA NATIONAL MONUMENT WEDNESDAY NIGHT. IT IS POSSIBLE THAT A TROPICAL STORM WARNING COULD BE ISSUED FOR JOHNSTON ISLAND WEDNESDAY MORNING. IF NOT...THE WATCH FOR JOHNSTON ISLAND WILL PROBABLY BE CANCELLED. ...SUMMARY OF 200 AM HST INFORMATION... LOCATION...16.7N 166.6W MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...90 MPH PRESENT MOVEMENT...NORTHWEST OR 320 DEGREES AT 14 MPH MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...980 MB THE NEXT ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE CENTRAL PACIFIC HURRICANE CENTER AT 500 AM HST. $$ FORECASTER DONALDSON