WTPA32 PHFO 231803
TCPCP2

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TROPICAL STORM NEKI INTERMEDIATE ADVISORY NUMBER  20A
NWS CENTRAL PACIFIC HURRICANE CENTER HONOLULU HI   CP032009
800 AM HST FRI OCT 23 2009

...TROPICAL STORM NEKI CONTINUING NORTH...APPROACHING 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 TO MARO REEF.
 
AT 800 AM HST...1800 UTC...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM NEKI WAS 
LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 23.0 NORTH...LONGITUDE 165.3 WEST...OR 
ABOUT 80 MILES SOUTHEAST OF FRENCH FRIGATE SHOALS...AND ABOUT 390 
MILES WEST OF LIHUE HAWAII.
 
NEKI IS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTH-NORTHEAST NEAR 7 MPH AND THIS 
MOTION IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE OVER THE NEXT 48 HOURS. ON THIS 
TRACK...TROPICAL STORM NEKI WILL BE PASSING ABOUT 75 MILES EAST 
OF FRENCH FRIGATE SHOALS AND 20 MILES WEST OF NECKER ISLAND...THIS 
AFTERNOON.
 
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 65 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS. 
CONTINUED WEAKENING IS FORECAST DURING THE NEXT 48 HOURS.
 
TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 160 MILES.
 
ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 995 MB...29.38 INCHES.
 
RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 6 TO 10 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED ALONG THE PATH 
OF NEKI.
 
HIGH SEAS AND LARGE SURF WILL CONTINUE TO IMPACT PORTIONS OF THE 
PAPAHANAUMOKUAKEA NATIONAL MONUMENT TODAY AND TONIGHT. SEAS UP TO 
20 FT AND SURF OF 20 TO 25 FT CAN BE EXPECTED THIS MORNING BEFORE 
GRADUALLY STARTING TO SUBSIDE TONIGHT AS NEKI CONTINUES TO WEAKEN.
 
...SUMMARY OF 800 AM HST INFORMATION...
LOCATION...23.0N 165.3W
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...65 MPH
PRESENT MOVEMENT...NORTH-NORTHEAST OR 15 DEGREES AT 7 MPH
MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...995 MB
 
THE NEXT ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE CENTRAL PACIFIC HURRICANE 
CENTER AT 1100 AM HST.
 
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FORECASTER R BALLARD