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HURRICANE DORA ADVISORY NUMBER  44
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HONOLULU HI
11 AM HST MON AUG 16 1999
 
...HURRICANE DORA MOVING WEST AWAY FROM THE HAWAIIAN ISLANDS...
 
AT 11 AM HST...2100Z...THE CENTER OF HURRICANE DORA WAS LOCATED NEAR
LATITUDE 15.5 NORTH...LONGITUDE 160.0 WEST OR ABOUT 450 MILES...720
KM...SOUTH OF KAUAI AND 630 MILES...1020 KM...EAST OF JOHNSTON
ISLAND.
 
DORA IS MOVING TOWARD THE WEST NEAR 20 MPH ...32 KM/HR...AND THIS
MOTION IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE DURING THE NEXT 24 HOURS.
 
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 100 MPH...160 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER
GUSTS.  SOME WEAKENING IS FORECAST DURING THE NEXT 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  980 MB...28.94 INCHES.
 
REPEATING THE 11 AM HST POSITION...15.5 N...160.0 W. MOVEMENT TOWARD
THE WEST NEAR 20 MPH.  MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...100 MPH.  MINIMUM
CENTRAL PRESSURE... 980 MB.
 
THE NEXT ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE CENTRAL PACIFIC HURRICANE
CENTER AT 5 PM HST.
 
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