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HURRICANE NEKI INTERMEDIATE ADVISORY NUMBER  12A
NWS CENTRAL PACIFIC HURRICANE CENTER HONOLULU HI   CP032009
800 AM HST WED OCT 21 2009

A HURRICANE WATCH CONTINUES FOR THE PAPAHANAUMOKUAKEA NATIONAL 
MONUMENT FROM NIHOA ISLAND TO 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 800 AM HST...1800 UTC...THE CENTER OF HURRICANE NEKI WAS 
LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 17.6 NORTH...LONGITUDE 166.8 WEST OR ABOUT 
630 MILES WEST-SOUTHWEST OF HONOLULU HAWAII AND ABOUT 190 MILES 
EAST-NORTHEAST OF JOHNSTON ISLAND.
 
NEKI IS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTH-NORTHWEST NEAR 10 MPH. NEKI IS 
FORECAST TO CONTINUE STRENGTHENING AS IT MAKES A GRADUAL TURN TO 
THE NORTH OVER THE NEXT 24 HOURS.
 
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 110 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS. NEKI IS 
A CATEGORY TWO HURRICANE ON THE SAFFIR-SIMPSON SCALE. THE HURRICANE 
IS EXPECTED TO INTENSIFY TO CATEGORY THREE STRENGTH OVER THE NEXT 
48 HOURS.
 
HURRICANE FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 35 MILES FROM THE 
CENTER...AND TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 255 
MILES.
 
ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 965 MB...28.50 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 TONIGHT. IT IS POSSIBLE THAT A TROPICAL STORM 
WARNING COULD BE ISSUED FOR JOHNSTON ISLAND LATER TODAY. IF NOT...
THE WATCH FOR JOHNSTON ISLAND WILL PROBABLY BE CANCELLED. LARGE 
SWELLS FROM THE SOUTHEAST MAY REACH THE MONUMENT AS EARLY AS 
THURSDAY.
 
 
...SUMMARY OF 800 AM HST INFORMATION...
LOCATION...17.6N 166.8W
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...110 MPH
PRESENT MOVEMENT...NORTH-NORTHWEST OR 340 DEGREES AT 10 MPH
MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...965 MB
 
 
THE NEXT ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE CENTRAL PACIFIC HURRICANE 
CENTER AT 1100 AM HST.
 
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FORECASTER WROE