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HURRICANE DORA ADVISORY NUMBER  39
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HONOLULU HI
5 AM HST SUN AUG 15 1999
 
...STRONG HURRICANE DORA CONTINUES TOWARD THE WEST...
 
AT 5 AM HST...1500Z...THE CENTER OF HURRICANE DORA...TRACKED BY
HURRICANE HUNTERS FROM THE AIR FORCE RESERVES...WAS ESTIMATED TO BE 
NEAR LATITUDE 15.5 NORTH...LONGITUDE 151.7 WEST OR ABOUT 360
MILES...580 KM...SOUTHEAST OF HILO.
 
DORA IS MOVING TOWARD THE WEST NEAR 20 MPH...32 KM/HR...AND THIS
MOTION IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE FOR THE NEXT 24 HOURS.
 
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 110 MPH...175 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER
GUSTS.  LITTLE CHANGE IN STRENGTH 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 120 MILES...190 KM.

ON ITS PRESENT TRACK...HURRICANE DORA IS EXPECTED TO COME WITHIN 210
MILES OF SOUTH POINT ON THE ISLAND OF HAWAII. TROPICAL STORM FORCE
WINDS ARE ALSO EXPECTED TO REMAIN SOUTH OF THE HAWAIIAN CHAIN.
 
ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS  978 MB...28.88 INCHES.
 
REPEATING THE 5 AM HST POSITION...15.5 N...151.7 W. MOVEMENT TOWARD
THE WEST NEAR 20 MPH.  MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...110 MPH.  MINIMUM
CENTRAL PRESSURE... 978 MB.
 
THE NEXT ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE CENTRAL PACIFIC HURRICANE
CENTER AT 11 AM HST.
 
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