HOME	ACTIVE CYCLONES	FORECASTS	IMAGERY	ABOUT TPC	RECONNAISSANCE

WTPA PHNL 200300
TROPICAL STORM DORA FORECAST/ADVISORY NUMBER  57
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL   EP0799
0300Z FRI AUG 20 1999
 
...DORA WEAKENS AS IT MOVES INTO THE WEST PACIFIC...
 
TROPICAL STORM CENTER LOCATED NEAR 18.3N 178.7E AT 20/0300Z
POSITION ACCURATE WITHIN  30 NM
 
PRESENT MOVEMENT TOWARD THE WEST NORTHWEST OR 290 DEGREES AT 15 KT
 
ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE  996 MB
MAX SUSTAINED WINDS  60 KT WITH GUSTS TO  75 KT
50 KT....... 40NE  30SE  30SW  40NW
34 KT....... 70NE  40SE  40SW  70NW
12 FT SEAS.. 70NE  40SE  40SW  70NW
ALL QUADRANT RADII IN NAUTICAL MILES
 
REPEAT...CENTER LOCATED NEAR 18.3N 178.7E AT 20/0300Z
AT 20/0000Z CENTER WAS LOCATED NEAR 18.0N 179.2E
 
FORECAST VALID 20/1200Z 19.4N 176.3E
MAX WIND  55 KT...GUSTS  70 KT
50 KT... 30NE  20SE  20SW  30NW
34 KT... 60NE  40SE  40SW  60NW
 
FORECAST VALID 21/0000Z 21.0N 173.6E
MAX WIND  50 KT...GUSTS  65 KT
50 KT... 30NE  20SE  20SW  30NW
34 KT... 60NE  40SE  40SW  60NW
 
FORECAST VALID 21/1200Z 23.0N 171.2E
MAX WIND  50 KT...GUSTS  65 KT
50 KT... 30NE  20SE  20SW  30NW
34 KT... 60NE  30SE  30SW  60NW
 
REQUEST FOR 3 HOURLY SHIP REPORTS WITHIN 300 MILES OF 18.3N 179.7E
 
EXTENDED OUTLOOK...USE FOR GUIDANCE ONLY...ERRORS MAY BE LARGE
 
OUTLOOK VALID 22/0000Z 25.2N 168.9E
MAX WIND  50 KT...GUSTS  65 KT
50 KT... 30NE  20SE  20SW  30NW
 
OUTLOOK VALID 23/0000Z 29.5N 165.0E
MAX WIND  55 KT...GUSTS  70 KT
50 KT... 30NE  20SE  20SW  30NW
 
THIS IS THE LAST BULLETIN FROM THE CENTRAL PACIFIC HURRICANE CENTER.
THE NEXT BULLETIN WILL BE ISSUED BY THE JOINT TYPHOON WARNING
CENTER. OTHER INFORMATION WILL BE AVAILABLE FROM THE JAPAN
METEOROLOGICAL AGENCY.
 
CRAIG