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HURRICANE DORA ADVISORY NUMBER  35
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HONOLULU HI
5 AM HST SAT AUG 14 1999
 
...HURRICANE DORA CONTINUES TO WEAKEN AND IS EXPECTED PASS SOUTH OF
   THE HAWAIIAN ISLANDS...
 
AT 5 AM HST...1500Z...THE CENTER OF HURRICANE DORA WAS LOCATED NEAR
LATITUDE 15.6 NORTH...LONGITUDE 144.1 WEST OR ABOUT 770 MILES...
1240 KM...EAST SOUTHEAST OF HILO.
 
DORA IS MOVING TOWARD THE WEST NEAR 17 MPH ...28 KM/HR...AND THIS
MOTION IS EXPECTED TO GRADUALLY DECREASE DURING THE NEXT 24 HOURS.
 
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR  80 MPH...130 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER
GUSTS. CONTINUED WEAKENING IS FORECAST DURING THE NEXT 24 HOURS.

ON ITS CURRENT TRACK...DORA IS EXPECTED TO REMAIN SOUTH OF THE
HAWAIIAN ISLANDS.
 
HURRICANE FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO  35 MILES... 55 KM...
FROM THE CENTER...AND TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP
TO 140 MILES...220 KM.
 
ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS  985 MB...29.09 INCHES.
 
REPEATING THE 5 AM HST POSITION...15.6 N...144.1 W. MOVEMENT TOWARD
THE WEST NEAR 17 MPH.  MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS... 80 MPH.  MINIMUM
CENTRAL PRESSURE... 985 MB.
 
THE NEXT ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE CENTRAL PACIFIC HURRICANE
CENTER AT 11 AM HST.
 
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