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HURRICANE DORA ADVISORY NUMBER  56
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HONOLULU HI
11 AM HST THU AUG 19 1999
 
...HURRICANE DORA APPROACHING THE INTERNATIONAL DATELINE...
 
AT 11 AM HST...2100Z...THE CENTER OF HURRICANE DORA
WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 17.5 NORTH...LONGITUDE 179.4 WEST
OR ABOUT 650 MILES WEST OF JOHNSTON ISLAND.
 
DORA IS MOVING TOWARD THE WEST NORTHWEST NEAR 13 MPH
...20 KM/HR...AND THIS MOTION IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE FOR ANOTHER
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.
  
REPEATING THE 11 AM HST POSITION...17.5 N...179.4 W.  MOVEMENT
TOWARD...WEST NORTHWEST NEAR 13 MPH.  MAXIMUM SUSTAINED
WINDS... 75 MPH.  MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE... 995 MB.
 
THE NEXT ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE CENTRAL PACIFIC
HURRICANE CENTER AT 5 PM HST.
 
CRAIG