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HURRICANE DORA ADVISORY NUMBER  55
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HONOLULU HI
5 AM HST THU AUG 19 1999
 
...HURRICANE DORA CONTINUES MOVING TOWARD THE INTERNATIONAL
   DATELINE...
 
AT 5 AM HST...1500Z...THE CENTER OF HURRICANE DORA
WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 17.4 NORTH...LONGITUDE 178.3 WEST
OR ABOUT 575 MILES WEST OF JOHNSTON ISLAND.
 
DORA IS MOVING TOWARD THE WEST NORTHWEST NEAR 14 MPH
...22 KM/HR...AND THIS MOTION IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE.
 
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 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.
 
*** ENDS HERE, THE PAST PUBLIC ADVISORY ***
 
 
REPEATING THE 5 AM HST POSITION...17.4 N...178.3 W.  MOVEMENT
TOWARD...WEST NORTHWEST NEAR 14 MPH.  MAXIMUM SUSTAINED
WINDS... 75 MPH.  MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE... 995 MB.
 
THE NEXT ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE CENTRAL PACIFIC
HURRICANE CENTER AT 11 AM HST.
 
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