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HURRICANE DORA ADVISORY NUMBER  52
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HONOLULU HI
11 AM HST WED AUG 18 1999
 
...HURRICANE DORA HEADING TOWARD THE DATELINE AND THE WESTERN
   PACIFIC...
 
AT 11 AM HST...2100Z...THE CENTER OF HURRICANE DORA WAS LOCATED NEAR
LATITUDE 16.4 NORTH...LONGITUDE 174.5 WEST OR ABOUT 320 MILES...530
KM...WEST OF JOHNSTON ATOLL.
 
DORA IS MOVING TOWARD THE WEST NEAR 21 MPH...33 KM/HR...AND THIS
MOTION IS EXPECTED TO BECOME GRADUALLY SLOWER DURING THE NEXT 24
HOUR.
 
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  70 MILES...110 KM.
 
ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS  995 MB...29.38 INCHES.
 
REPEATING THE 11 AM HST POSITION...16.4 N...174.5 W. MOVEMENT TOWARD
THE WEST NEAR 21 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.
 
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