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HURRICANE DORA ADVISORY NUMBER  48
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HONOLULU HI
11 AM HST TUE AUG 17 1999
 
...HURRICANE DORA CONTINUES MOVING WEST TOWARD JOHNSTON ISLAND...
 
AT 11 AM HST...2100Z...THE CENTER OF HURRICANE DORA WAS LOCATED NEAR
LATITUDE 15.5 NORTH...LONGITUDE 166.8 WEST OR ABOUT 200 MILES...320
KM...EAST SOUTHEAST OF JOHNSTON ATOLL.
 
DORA IS MOVING TOWARD THE WEST NEAR 18 MPH...30 KM/HR...AND THIS
MOTION IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE DURING THENEXT 24 HOURS.
 
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR  80 MPH...130 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER
GUSTS.  LITTLE CHANGE IN STRENGTH 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  90 MILES...150 KM.

ON ITS PRESENT TRACK...THE CENTER OF HURRICANE DORA IS EXPECTED TO
PASS WITHIN 80 MILES SOUTH OF JOHNSTON ATOLL EARLY THIS EVENING.
 
ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS  990 MB...29.23 INCHES.
 
REPEATING THE 11 AM HST POSITION...15.5 N...166.8 W. MOVEMENT TOWARD
THE WEST NEAR 18 MPH.  MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS... 80 MPH.  MINIMUM
CENTRAL PRESSURE... 990 MB.
 
THE NEXT ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE CENTRAL PACIFIC HURRICANE
CENTER AT 5 PM HST.
 
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