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HURRICANE DORA ADVISORY NUMBER  40
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HONOLULU HI
11 AM HST SUN AUG 15 1999
 
...STRONG HURRICANE DORA CONTINUES TOWARD THE WEST..
 
AT 11 AM HST...2100Z...THE CENTER OF HURRICANE DORA...TRACKED BY
HURRICANE HUNTER FROM THE AIR FORCE RESERVES...WAS ESTIMATED TO BE
NEAR LATITUDE 15.7 NORTH...LONGITUDE 153.3 WEST OR ABOUT 300
MILES...480 KM...SOUTH SOUTHEAST OF HILO AND 490 MILES...790
KM...SOUTHEAST OF HONOLULU.
 
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 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 115 MILES...185 KM.

ON ITS PRESENT TRACK...HURRICANE DORA IS EXPECTED TO COME WITHIN 200
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  970 MB...28.64 INCHES.

REPEATING THE 11 AM HST POSITION...15.7 N...153.3 W. MOVEMENT TOWARD
THE WEST NEAR 18 MPH.  MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...110 MPH.  MINIMUM
CENTRAL PRESSURE... 970 MB.
 
THE NEXT ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE CENTRAL PACIFIC HURRICANE
CENTER AT 5 PM HST.
 
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