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HURRICANE DORA ADVISORY NUMBER  45
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HONOLULU HI
5 PM HST MON AUG 16 1999
 
...HURRICANE DORA CONTINUES MOVING TOWARD THE WEST...
 
AT 5 PM HST...0300Z...THE CENTER OF HURRICANE DORA...BEING TRACKED
BY HURRICANE HUNTERS FROM THE AIR FORCE RESERVES...WAS ESTIMATED TO
BE NEAR LATITUDE 15.6 NORTH...LONGITUDE 161.7 WEST OR ABOUT 520
MILES...840 KM...EAST OF JOHNSTON ISLAND.
 
DORA IS MOVING TOWARD THE WEST NEAR 20 MPH...32 KM/HR...AND THIS
MOTION IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE DURING THE NEXT 24 HOURS.
 
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR  90 MPH...150 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  990 MB...29.23 INCHES.
 
REPEATING THE 5 PM HST POSITION...15.6 N...161.7 W.  MOVEMENT
TOWARD...WEST NEAR 20 MPH. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS... 90 MPH. 
MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE... 990 MB.
 
THE NEXT ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE CENTRAL PACIFIC
HURRICANE CENTER AT 11 PM HST.
 
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