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HURRICANE DORA ADVISORY NUMBER  47
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HONOLULU HI
5 AM HST TUE AUG 17 1999
  
...HURRICANE DORA CONTINUES MOVING TOWARD THE WEST...
 
AT 5 AM HST...1500Z...THE CENTER OF HURRICANE DORA
WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 15.5 NORTH...LONGITUDE 165.1 WEST
OR ABOUT 300 MILES EAST OF JOHNSTON ATOLL.
 
DORA IS MOVING TOWARD THE WEST NEAR 19 MPH AND THIS MOTION IS
EXPECTED TO CONTINUE IN 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  987 MB...29.15 INCHES.
 
REPEATING THE 5 AM HST POSITION...15.5 N...165.4 W.  MOVEMENT
TOWARD...WEST NEAR 19 MPH.  MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS... 85 MPH. 
MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE... 987 MB.
 
THE NEXT ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE CENTRAL PACIFIC
HURRICANE CENTER AT 11 AM HST.
 
ROSENDAL