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HURRICANE DORA ADVISORY NUMBER  36
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HONOLULU HI
11 AM HST SAT AUG 14 1999
 
...HURRICANE DORA CONTINUES WEST...
 
AT 11 AM HST...2100Z...THE CENTER OF HURRICANE DORA WAS LOCATED NEAR
LATITUDE 15.2 NORTH...LONGITUDE 146.3 WEST OR ABOUT 650 MILES...1050
KM...EAST SOUTHEAST OF HILO.
 
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  80 MPH...130 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER
GUSTS. GRADUAL WEAKENING IS FORECAST DURING THE NEXT 24 HOURS.
 
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.
 
ON ITS CURRENT TRACK...DORA IS EXPECTED TO PASS WITHIN 180 MILES
SOUTH OF SOUTH POINT ON THE ISLAND OF HAWAII BY SUNDAY NIGHT.
 
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.
 
REPEATING THE 11 AM HST POSITION...15.2 N...146.3 W. MOVEMENT TOWARD
THE WEST NEAR 20 MPH.  MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS... 80 MPH.  MINIMUM
CENTRAL PRESSURE... 985 MB.
 
THE NEXT ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE CENTRAL PACIFIC HURRICANE
CENTER AT 5 PM HST.
 
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