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HURRICANE DORA ADVISORY NUMBER  42
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HONOLULU HI
11 PM HST SUN AUG 15 1999
 
...STRONG HURRICANE DORA PASSING WELL SOUTH OF BIG ISLAND THIS
EVENING...
 
AT 11 PM HST...0900Z...THE CENTER OF HURRICANE DORA WAS LOCATED NEAR
LATITUDE 15.9 NORTH...LONGITUDE 156.6 WEST OR ABOUT 225 MILES SOUTH
SOUTHWEST OF SOUTH POINT HAWAII.
 
DORA IS MOVING TOWARD THE WEST NEAR 17 MPH ...28 KM/HR...AND THIS
MOTION IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE DURING THE NEXT 24 TO 48 HOURS.
 
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 115 MPH...185 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER
GUSTS.  SOME 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 115 MILES...185 KM.
 
ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS  965 MB...28.50 INCHES.
 
REPEATING THE 11 PM HST POSITION...15.9 N...156.6 W.  MOVEMENT
TOWARD...WEST NEAR 17 MPH.  MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...115 MPH. 
MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE... 965 MB.
 
THE NEXT ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE CENTRAL PACIFIC
HURRICANE CENTER AT 5 AM HST...MONDAY.
 
ROSENDAL  CENTRAL PACIFIC HURRICANE CENTER