WTPA32 PHFO 242350
TCPCP2

BULLETIN
TROPICAL STORM NEKI INTERMEDIATE ADVISORY NUMBER  25A
NWS CENTRAL PACIFIC HURRICANE CENTER HONOLULU HI   CP032009
200 PM HST SAT OCT 24 2009

...STUBBORN NEKI CONTINUES TO MOVE SLOWLY AWAY FROM FRENCH FRIGATE 
SHOALS AND NIHOA...
 
A TROPICAL STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE 
PAPAHANAUMOKUAKEA NATIONAL MONUMENT FROM NIHOA ISLAND TO FRENCH 
FRIGATE SHOALS.
 
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 
IMPROVE AS NEKI SLOWLY MOVES AWAY.
 
AT 200 PM HST...0000 UTC...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM NEKI WAS 
LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 25.2 NORTH...LONGITUDE 163.8 WEST OR ABOUT 
310 MILES NORTHWEST OF LIHUE HAWAII AND ABOUT 155 MILES 
EAST-NORTHEAST OF FRENCH FRIGATE SHOALS.
 
NEKI IS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTH-NORTHEAST NEAR 9 MPH. THIS MOTION 
IS FORECAST TO BECOME MORE NORTHWARD LATE SATURDAY AND ACCELERATE 
SUNDAY NIGHT.
 
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 60 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS. NEKI IS 
EXPECTED TO SLOWLY WEAKEN OVER THE NEXT TWO DAYS.
 
TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 115 MILES FROM THE 
CENTER.
 
ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 1001 MB...29.56 INCHES. 
 
...SUMMARY OF 200 PM HST INFORMATION...

LOCATION...25.2N 163.8W MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...60 MPH PRESENT 
MOVEMENT...NORTH-NORTHEAST OR 15 DEGREES AT 9 MPH MINIMUM CENTRAL 
PRESSURE...1001 MB
 
 
THE NEXT ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE CENTRAL PACIFIC HURRICANE 
CENTER AT 500 PM HST.
 
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FORECASTER KODAMA