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HURRICANE DORA ADVISORY NUMBER  41
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HONOLULU HI
5 PM HST SUN AUG 15 1999
 
...STRONG HURRICANE DORA NOW BEGINNING TO PASS SOUTH OF THE HAWAIIAN
   ISLANDS...
 
AT 5 PM HST...0300Z...THE CENTER OF HURRICANE DORA WAS LOCATED NEAR
LATITUDE 15.9 NORTH...LONGITUDE 155.1 WEST OR ABOUT 260 MILES...420
KM...SOUTH OF HILO AND 410 MILES...670 KM SOUTH SOUTHEAST OF
HONOLULU.
 
DORA IS MOVING TOWARD THE WEST NEAR 18 MPH...30 KM/HR...AND THIS
MOTION IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE FOR THE NEXT 24 HOURS.
 
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 110 MPH...175 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER
GUSTS.  SLIGHT WEAKENING IS FORECAST AFTER 24 HOURS.
 
HURRICANE FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO  35 MILES... 55 KM...
FROM THE CENTER...AND TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP
TO 115 MILES...185 KM.
 
ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS  965 MB...28.50 INCHES.
TO 115 MILES...185 KM.
 
ON ITS PRESENT TRACK...HURRICANE DORA IS EXPECTED TO COME WITHIN 200
MILES OF SOUTH POINT ON THE ISLAND OF HAWAII IN A FEW HOURS AND 330
MILES SOUTH OF KAUAI MONDAY MORNING. 
 
REPEATING THE 5 PM HST POSITION...15.9 N...155.1 W.  MOVEMENT TOWARD
THE WEST NEAR 18 MPH. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...110 MPH. MINIMUM
CENTRAL PRESSURE... 965 MB.
 
THE NEXT ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE CENTRAL PACIFIC HURRICANE
CENTER AT 11 PM HST.
 
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