WTPA32 PHFO 240005 TCPCP2 BULLETIN TROPICAL STORM NEKI INTERMEDIATE ADVISORY NUMBER 21A NWS CENTRAL PACIFIC HURRICANE CENTER HONOLULU HI CP032009 200 PM HST FRI OCT 23 2009 ...TROPICAL STORM NEKI MOVING SLOWLY NORTH TOWARD 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 200 PM HST...0000 UTC...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM NEKI WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 23.1N...LONGITUDE 165.4W...OR ABOUT 70 MILES SOUTHEAST OF FRENCH FRIGATE SHOALS...AND ABOUT 395 MILES WEST-NORTHWEST OF LIHUE HAWAII. NEKI IS MOVING SLOWLY TOWARD THE NORTH-NORTHEAST NEAR 5 MPH AND THIS MOTION IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE FOR THE NEXT 48 HOURS WITH A GRADUAL INCREASE IN SPEED ON SUNDAY. ON THIS TRACK...THE CENTER OF NEKI IS EXPECTED TO PASS ABOUT 25 MILES WEST OF NECKER ISLAND AND 70 MILES EAST OF FRENCH FRIGATE SHOALS THIS EVENING. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 65 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS. GRADUAL WEAKENING IS FORECAST DURING THE NEXT 48 HOURS. TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 205 MILES FROM THE CENTER. BUOY 51001...LOCATED ABOUT 185 MILES NORTHWEST OF KAUAI... REPORTED A WIND GUST OF 40 MPH EARLIER THIS MORNING. SATELLITE IMAGERY SHOWS HEAVY SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUING IN THE VICINITY OF FRENCH FRIGATE SHOALS AND NECKER ISLAND. 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 THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. SEAS UP TO 20 FEET AND SURF OF 20 TO 25 FEET CAN BE EXPECTED TODAY BEFORE GRADUALLY SUBSIDING ON SATURDAY. ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 998 MB...29.47 INCHES. ...SUMMARY OF 200 PM HST INFORMATION... LOCATION...23.1N 165.4W MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...65 MPH PRESENT MOVEMENT...NORTH-NORTHEAST OR 25 DEGREES AT 5 MPH MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...998 MB THE NEXT ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE CENTRAL PACIFIC HURRICANE CENTER AT 500 PM HST. $$ FORECASTER R BALLARD