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TROPICAL STORM NEKI INTERMEDIATE ADVISORY NUMBER   7A
NWS CENTRAL PACIFIC HURRICANE CENTER HONOLULU HI   CP032009
200 AM HST TUE OCT 20 2009

...NEKI CONTINUES ON A NORTHWEST TRACK FAR SOUTH OF THE MAIN 
HAWAIIAN ISLANDS...
 
A HURRICANE WATCH CONTINUES FOR JOHNSTON ISLAND. A HURRICANE WATCH 
MEANS THAT HURRICANE CONDITIONS ARE POSSIBLE IN THE WATCH AREA 
WITHIN THE NEXT 48 HOURS.
 
AT 200 AM HST...1200 UTC...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM NEKI WAS 
LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 13.0 NORTH...LONGITUDE 162.8 WEST OR ABOUT 
640 MILES SOUTH-SOUTHWEST OF HONOLULU HAWAII AND ABOUT 515 MILES 
EAST-SOUTHEAST OF JOHNSTON ISLAND.
 
NEKI IS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTHWEST NEAR 18 MPH. NEKI WILL CONTINUE 
MOVING TOWARD THE NORTHWEST OVER THE NEXT 48 HOURS BUT ITS FORWARD 
SPEED WILL DECREASE AFTER 24 HOURS.
 
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 50 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS. NEKI 
WILL CONTINUE TO INTENSIFY...REACHING HURRICANE STRENGTH IN 36 HOURS.
 
TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 90 MILES FROM THE 
CENTER.
 
ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 1005 MB...29.68 INCHES.
 
ANYONE NEAR JOHNSTON ISLAND IS URGED TO CLOSELY MONITOR THE 
PROGRESS OF NEKI. A TROPICAL STORM OR HURRICANE WARNING MAY BE 
ISSUED FOR JOHNSTON ISLAND ON TUESDAY.
 
 
...SUMMARY OF 200 AM HST INFORMATION...
LOCATION...13.0N 162.8W
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...50 MPH
PRESENT MOVEMENT...NORTHWEST OR 310 DEGREES AT 18 MPH
MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...1005 MB
 
 
THE NEXT ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE CENTRAL PACIFIC HURRICANE 
CENTER AT 500 AM HST.
 
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FORECASTER DONALDSON