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HURRICANE DORA ADVISORY NUMBER  46
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HONOLULU HI
11 PM HST MON AUG 16 1999
  
...HURRICANE DORA CONTINUES MOVING TOWARD THE WEST...
 
AT 11 PM HST...0900Z...THE CENTER OF HURRICANE DORA WAS LOCATED NEAR
LATITUDE 15.6 NORTH...LONGITUDE 163.7 WEST OR ABOUT 390 MILES EAST
OF JOHNSTON ATOLL.
 
DORA IS MOVING TOWARD THE WEST NEAR 20 MPH AND THIS MOTION IS
EXPECTED TO CONTINUE FOR THE NEXT 24 HOURS.
 
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR  85 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS.  LITTLE
CHANGE IN STRENGTH IS FORECAST DURING THE NEXT 24 HOURS.
 
HURRICANE FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO  35 MILES FROM THE
CENTER...AND TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP
TO 115 MILES.
 
ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS  985 MB...29.09 INCHES.
 
REPEATING THE 11 PM HST POSITION...15.6 N...163.7 W.  MOVEMENT
TOWARD...WEST NEAR 20 MPH.  MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS... 85 MPH. 
MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE... 985 MB.
 
THE NEXT ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE CENTRAL PACIFIC
HURRICANE CENTER AT 5 AM HST...TUESDAY.
 
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