WTPA32 PHFO 240548
TCPCP2

BULLETIN
TROPICAL STORM NEKI INTERMEDIATE ADVISORY NUMBER  22A
NWS CENTRAL PACIFIC HURRICANE CENTER HONOLULU HI   CP032009
800 PM HST FRI OCT 23 2009

...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM NEKI CONTINUES TO MOVE SLOWLY 
NORTHWARD BETWEEN NECKER ISLAND AND FRENCH FRIGATE SHOALS...
 
A TROPICAL STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE PAPAHANAUMOKUAKEA 
NATIONAL MONUMENT FROM NIHOA ISLAND TO FRENCH FRIGATE SHOALS TO MARO 
REEF.
 
AT 800 PM HST...0600 UTC...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM NEKI WAS 
LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 23.8 NORTH...LONGITUDE 165.2 WEST OR ABOUT 
395 MILES WEST-NORTHWEST OF LIHUE...HAWAII AND ABOUT 70 MILES EAST 
OF FRENCH FRIGATE SHOALS.
 
NEKI IS MOVING SLOWLY TOWARD THE NORTH-NORTHEAST NEAR 5 MPH...AND 
THIS MOTION IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE THROUGH SUNDAY.
 
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 65 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS. GRADUAL 
WEAKENING IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE THROUGH SUNDAY.
 
TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 175 MILES FROM THE 
CENTER.
 
ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 998 MB...29.47 INCHES.
 
HEAVY RAINS OF 6 TO 10 INCHES...ROUGH SEAS OF UP TO 20 FEET...AND 
VERY STRONG WINDS WINDS WILL CONTINUE FOR THE REMAINDER OF 
TONIGHT...ESPECIALLY NEAR FRENCH FRIGATE SHOALS AND NECKER ISLAND. 
CONDITIONS WILL ARE EXPECTED TO BEGIN GRADUALLY IMPROVING ON 
SATURDAY AS NEKI SLOWLY MOVES AWAY. 
 
...SUMMARY OF 800 PM HST INFORMATION...
LOCATION...23.8N 165.2W
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 1100 PM HST.
 
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FORECASTER HOUSTON