Tropical Cyclone Pam is on a weakening trend as it moves north of New Zealand.  At 11:00 p.m. EDT on Saturday the center of Tropical Cyclone Pam was located at latitude 29.3°S and longitude 175.0°E which put it about 500 miles north of Auckland, New Zealand.  Pam was moving toward the south-southeast at 33 m.p.h.  The maximum sustained wind speed was 115 m.p.h. and there were gusts to 135 m.p.h.  The minimum surface pressure was 948 mb.

Pam has moved over water where the Sea Surface Temperature is 25°C and it is no longer able to extract sufficient energy from the ocean to maintain its intensity.  Stronger winds in the upper levels are increasing the vertical wind shear over the circulation and the weakening trend should continue.  The steering flow should carry Pam east of New Zealand and farther out into the South Pacific Ocean.