WTPA32 PHFO 241755
TCPCP2

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

...TROPICAL STORM NEKI CONTINUES 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.
 
AT 800 AM HST...1800 UTC...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM NEKI WAS 
LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 24.6 NORTH...LONGITUDE 164.0 WEST OR ABOUT 
300 MILES WEST-NORTHWEST OF LIHUE...HAWAII AND ABOUT 140 MILES 
EAST-NORTHEAST OF FRENCH FRIGATE SHOALS.
 
NEKI IS MOVING SLOWLY TOWARD THE NORTHEAST NEAR 7 MPH...AND THIS 
GENERAL MOTION IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE THROUGH SUNDAY NIGHT.
 
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 60 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS. 
ADDITIONAL SLOW WEAKENING IS EXPECTED THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF THIS 
WEEKEND.
 
TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 140 MILES FROM THE 
CENTER.
 
ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 1001 MB...29.56 INCHES.
 
LARGE BREAKING WAVES...VERY ROUGH SEAS AND GUSTY WINDS WILL 
CONTINUE FROM FRENCH FRIGATE SHOALS TO NIHOA ISLAND FOR SEVERAL 
MORE HOURS TODAY. THE WEATHER AND SEA CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TO 
CONTINUE IMPROVING AS NEKI SLOWLY MOVES AWAY. WHILE WEATHER 
CONDITIONS WEST OF FRENCH FRIGATE SHOALS HAVE IMPROVED...
ROUGH SEAS WILL CONTINUE THERE THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF THE MORNING.
 
 
...SUMMARY OF 800 AM HST INFORMATION...
LOCATION...24.6N 164.0W
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...60 MPH
PRESENT MOVEMENT...NORTHEAST OR 45 DEGREES AT 7 MPH
MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...1001 MB
 
 
THE NEXT ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE CENTRAL PACIFIC HURRICANE 
CENTER AT 1100 AM HST.
 
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FORECASTER KODAMA