Tropical Depression Neki nulled by cool waters and wind shear

The Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite called GOES-11 captured a look at Neki's remnants this morning, October 27 at 8 a.m. EDT. Neki appeared as an ill-defined, elongated swirl of low clouds. The Central Pacific Hurricane Center (CPHC) noted that Neki "Appears to be just a surface trough in satellite imagery."

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NASA's Aqua satellite AIRS (Atmospheric Infrared Sounder) instrument captured an infrared image of Tropical Depression Neki's clouds on Oct. 26 at 8:35 a.m. EDT. Neki, appears as a round area of clouds (blue), was devoid of any strong convection. Credit: NASA JPL, Ed Olsen

Last night, October 26 at 5 p.m. HST (11 p.m. EDT) the Central Pacific Hurricane Center issued their final advisory on Neki. At that time, Neki was a depression with maximum sustained winds near 35 mph. Neki's last location was 450 miles north of French Frigate Shoals, or 665 miles north-northwest of Lihue, Hawaii, near 30.3 North and 164.9 West. The depression had a minimum central pressure of 1010 millibars and was speeding north-northeast near 36 mph!

NASA's Aqua satellite AIRS instrument captured an infrared image of Neki's clouds on October 26 at 8:35 a.m. EDT. Neki appeared as a round area of clouds on infrared imagery, was devoid of any strong convection.

The CPHC said that "Decreasing sea surface temperatures along [Neki's northeastern] track and increasing vertical [wind] shear should prevent redevelopment as a tropical cyclone."

Source: JPL/NASA (news : web)