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HURRICANE NEKI INTERMEDIATE ADVISORY NUMBER  15A
NWS CENTRAL PACIFIC HURRICANE CENTER HONOLULU HI   CP032009
200 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.
 
THE TROPICAL STORM WATCH FOR THE PAPAHANAUMOKUAKEA NATIONAL 
MONUMENT FROM MARO REEF TO LISIANSKI IS CANCELLED.
 
AT 200 AM HST...1200 UTC...THE CENTER OF HURRICANE NEKI WAS 
LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 20.0 NORTH...LONGITUDE 166.1 WEST OR ABOUT 
550 MILES WEST OF HONOLULU HAWAII AND ABOUT 265 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 THURSDAY AFTERNOON WITH HURRICANE CONDITIONS 
EXPECTED THURSDAY NIGHT.
 
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 120 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 EXPECTED AFTERWARDS.
 
HURRICANE FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 65 MILES FROM THE 
CENTER...AND TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 255 
MILES.
 
ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 960 MB...28.35 INCHES.
 
 
...SUMMARY OF 200 AM HST INFORMATION...
LOCATION...20.0N 166.1W
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...120 MPH
PRESENT MOVEMENT...NORTH NORTHEAST OR 20 DEGREES AT 10 MPH
MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...960 MB
 
THE NEXT ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE CENTRAL PACIFIC HURRICANE 
CENTER AT 500 AM HST.
 
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FORECASTER POWELL