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HURRICANE DORA ADVISORY NUMBER  37
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HONOLULU HI
5 PM HST SAT AUG 14 1999
 
AT 5 PM HST...0300Z...THE CENTER OF HURRICANE DORA
WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 15.3 NORTH...LONGITUDE 148.0 WEST
OR ABOUT 550 MILES...890 KM...EAST SOUTHEAST OF HILO.
 
DORA IS MOVING TOWARD THE WEST NEAR 18 MPH ...30 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. LITTLE CHANGE IN STRENGTH IS FORECAST DURING THE NEXT
24 HOURS FOLLOWED BY GRADUAL WEAKENING.
 
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 190 MILES
SOUTH OF SOUTH POINT ON THE ISLAND OF HAWAII BY SUNDAY NIGHT.
 
REPEATING THE 5 PM HST POSITION...15.3 N...148.0 W. MOVEMENT TOWARD
THE WEST NEAR 18 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 PM HST. ROSENDAL/HABLUTZEL