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HURRICANE DORA ADVISORY NUMBER 54
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HONOLULU HI
11 PM HST WED AUG 18 1999
 
...HURRICANE DORA CONTINUES MOVING TOWARD THE INTERNATIONAL
   DATELINE...
 
AT 11 PM HST...0900Z...THE CENTER OF HURRICANE DORA
WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 16.8 NORTH...LONGITUDE 177.1 WEST
OR ABOUT 500 MILES WEST OF JOHNSTON ISLAND.
 
DORA IS MOVING TOWARD THE WEST NORTHWEST NEAR 16 MPH
...26 KM/HR...AND THIS MOTION IS EXPECTED TO BECOME MORE
NORTHWESTWARD OVER THE NEXT 24 HOURS.
 
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 75 MPH...120 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER
GUSTS.  LITTLE CHANGE IN STRENGTH IS FORECAST DURING THE NEXT
24 HOURS.
 
HURRICANE FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 25 MILES...35 KM...
FROM THE CENTER...AND TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP
TO 80 MILES...130 KM.
 
ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 995 MB...29.38 INCHES.

 
 
*** STARTS HERE, THE PAST PUBLIC ADVISORY ***
 
...HURRICANE DORA CONTINUES TO HEAD TOWARD THE INTERNATIONAL
DATELINE WELL AWAY FROM HAWAII AND JOHNSTON ISLAND...
 
AT 5 PM HST...0300Z...THE CENTER OF HURRICANE DORA
WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 16.7 NORTH...LONGITUDE 176.1 WEST
OR ABOUT XXX MILES...XXX KM...
 
DORA IS MOVING TOWARD THE WEST NEAR 18 MPH
...30 KM/HR...AND THIS MOTION IS EXPECTED TO
 
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR  75 MPH...120 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER
GUSTS.  LITTLE CHANGE IN STRENGTH IS FORECAST DURING THE NEXT
24 HOURS.
 
HURRICANE FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO  25 MILES... 35 KM...
FROM THE CENTER...AND TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP
TO  80 MILES...130 KM.
 
ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS  995 MB...29.38 INCHES.
 
*** ENDS HERE, THE PAST PUBLIC ADVISORY ***
 
 
REPEATING THE 11 PM HST POSITION...16.8 N...177.1 W.  MOVEMENT
TOWARD...WEST NORTHWEST NEAR 16 MPH.  MAXIMUM SUSTAINED
WINDS...75 MPH.  MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...995 MB.
 
THE NEXT ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE CENTRAL PACIFIC
HURRICANE CENTER AT 5 AM HST...THURSDAY.
 
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