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BULLETIN
TROPICAL STORM DORA ADVISORY NUMBER  57
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
5 PM HST THU AUG 19 1999
 
...DORA WEAKENS AS IT MOVES INTO THE WEST PACIFIC...
 
AT 5 PM HST...0300Z...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM DORA
WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 18.3 NORTH...LONGITUDE 178.7 EAST
OR ABOUT 750 MILES WEST OF JOHNSTON ISLAND.
 
DORA IS MOVING TOWARD THE WEST NORTHWEST NEAR 17 MPH
...41 KM/HR...AND IS EXPECTED TO TURN MORE TOWARDS THE NORTHWEST
IN THE NEXT 24 HOURS.
 
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR  70 MPH...110 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER
GUSTS.  SOME WEAKENING IS FORECAST DURING THE NEXT 24 HOURS.
 
TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO  80 MILES
...130 KM FROM THE CENTER.
 
ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS  996 MB...29.41 INCHES.
 
REPEATING THE 5 PM HST POSITION...18.3 N...178.7 E.  MOVEMENT
TOWARD...WEST NORTHWEST NEAR 17 MPH.  MAXIMUM SUSTAINED
WINDS... 70 MPH.  MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE... 996 MB.
 
THIS IS THE LAST BULLETIN FROM THE CENTRAL PACIFIC HURRICANE CENTER.
THE NEXT BULLETIN WILL BE ISSUED BY THE JOINT TYPHOON WARNING
CENTER. OTHER INFORMATION WILL BE AVAILABLE FROM THE JAPAN
METEOROLOGICAL AGENCY.
 
CRAIG