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TROPICAL STORM NEKI INTERMEDIATE ADVISORY NUMBER  23A
NWS CENTRAL PACIFIC HURRICANE CENTER HONOLULU HI   CP032009
200 AM HST SAT OCT 24 2009

...TROPICAL STORM NEKI BEGINNING TO MOVE SLOWLY AWAY FROM 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 200 AM HST...1200 UTC...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM NEKI WAS 
LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 24.1 NORTH...LONGITUDE 164.6 WEST OR ABOUT 
365 MILES WEST-NORTHWEST OF LIHUE...HAWAII AND ABOUT 110 MILES 
EAST OF FRENCH FRIGATE SHOALS.
 
NEKI IS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTH-NORTHEAST NEAR 5 MPH...AND THIS 
GENERAL MOTION IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE THROUGH SUNDAY.
 
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 65 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS. GRADUAL 
WEAKENING IS FORECAST DURING THIS WEEKEND...BUT NEKI IS EXPECTED 
REMAIN A TROPICAL STORM THROUGH SUNDAY.
 
TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 175 MILES FROM THE 
CENTER.
 
ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 999 MB...29.50 INCHES.
 
LARGE BREAKING WAVES...ROUGH SEAS IN EXCESS OF 15 FEET AND STRONG 
GUSTY WINDS WILL CONTINUE FOR SEVERAL MORE HOURS THIS MORNING... 
ESPECIALLY NEAR FRENCH FRIGATE SHOALS AND NECKER ISLAND. WEATHER 
CONDITIONS WEST OF FRENCH FRIGATE SHOALS WILL IMPROVE DURING THE 
NEXT FEW HOURS...ALTHOUGH ROUGH SEAS WILL CONTINUE THERE THROUGH THE 
REMAINDER OF THIS MORNING. THE WEATHER AND SEA CONDITIONS ARE 
EXPECTED TO BEGIN GRADUALLY IMPROVING OVER THE PORTION OF THE 
PAPAHANAUMOKUAKEA NATIONAL MONUMENT FROM FRIGATE SHOALS EASTWARD 
LATER TODAY AS NEKI SLOWLY MOVES AWAY. 
 
...SUMMARY OF 200 AM HST INFORMATION...
LOCATION...24.1N 164.6W
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...65 MPH
PRESENT MOVEMENT...NORTH-NORTHEAST OR 25 DEGREES AT 5 MPH
MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...999 MB
  
THE NEXT ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE CENTRAL PACIFIC HURRICANE 
CENTER AT 500 AM HST.
 
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FORECASTER HOUSTON