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HURRICANE DORA ADVISORY NUMBER  49
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HONOLULU HI
5 PM HST TUE AUG 17 1999
 
...HURRICANE DORA MOVES WEST AS IT GETS CLOSER TO JOHNSTON ISLAND...
 
AT 5 PM HST...0300Z...THE CENTER OF HURRICANE DORA...BEING TRACKED
BY HURRICANE HUNTERS FROM THE AIR FORCE RESERVE...WAS ESTIMATED TO
BE NEAR LATITUDE 15.6 NORTH...LONGITUDE 168.7 WEST OR ABOUT 100
MILES...150 KM...SOUTHEAST 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  75 MPH...120 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER
GUSTS.  SOME WEAKENING IS FORECAST DURING THE NEXT 24 HOURS.
 
THE HURRICANE IS EXPECTED TO PASS WITHIN 80 NAUTICAL MILES...70
STATUTE MILES...110 KM...OF JOHNSTON ISLAND WITHIN THE NEXT THREE
HOURS.

HURRICANE FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO  25 MILES... 35 KM...
FROM THE CENTER...AND TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP
TO  90 MILES...150 KM. TROPICAL STORM WINDS ARE EXPECTED OVER
JOHNSTON ISLAND AS THE STORM IS AT ITS CLOSEST POINT OF APPROACH.
 
ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS  992 MB...29.29 INCHES.
 
REPEATING THE 5 PM HST POSITION...15.6 N...168.7 W. MOVEMENT
TOWARD THE WEST NEAR 20 MPH.  MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS... 75 MPH. 
MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE... 992 MB.
 
THE NEXT ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE CENTRAL PACIFIC HURRICANE
CENTER AT 11 PM HST.
 
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