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HURRICANE DORA ADVISORY NUMBER  53
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HONOLULU HI
5 PM HST WED AUG 18 1999
 
...HURRICANE DORA CONTINUES TO HEAD TOWARD THE INTERNATIONAL
DATELINE WELL AWAY FROM HAWAII AND JOHNSTON ISLAND...
 
AT 5 PM HST...0300Z...THE CENTER OF HURRICANE DORA
WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 16.7 NORTH...LONGITUDE 176.1 WEST
OR ABOUT XXX MILES...XXX KM...
 
DORA IS MOVING TOWARD THE WEST NEAR 18 MPH
...30 KM/HR...AND THIS MOTION IS EXPECTED TO
 
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  80 MILES...130 KM.
 
ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS  995 MB...29.38 INCHES.
 
 
 
*** STARTS HERE, THE PAST PUBLIC ADVISORY ***
 
...HURRICANE DORA CONTINUES TO HEAD TOWARD THE INTERNATIONAL
DATELINE WELL AWAY FROM HAWAII AND JOHNSTON ISLAND...
 
AT 5 PM HST...0300Z...THE CENTER OF HURRICANE DORA
WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 16.7 NORTH...LONGITUDE 176.1 WEST
OR ABOUT 400 MILES WEST OF JOHNSTON ISLAND.
 
DORA IS MOVING TOWARD THE WEST NEAR 18 MPH. IT IS EXPECTED TO BECOME
MORE NORTHWESTWARD IN 24 HOURS.
 
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  80 MILES...130 KM.
 
ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS  995 MB...29.38 INCHES.
 
*** ENDS HERE, THE PAST PUBLIC ADVISORY ***
 
 
REPEATING THE 5 PM HST POSITION...16.7 N...176.1 W.  MOVEMENT
TOWARD...WEST NEAR 18 MPH.  MAXIMUM SUSTAINED
WINDS... 75 MPH.  MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE... 995 MB.
 
THE NEXT ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE CENTRAL PACIFIC
HURRICANE CENTER AT 11 PM HST.
 
MATSUDA
 
 
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