Hurricane Hurricane Dora exploring the waters of the Pacific off the Mexican coast

[Mike S]

Dora has continued to intensify overnight with a well-defined eye on

microwave data and occasional hints of an eye on conventional

satellite imagery. The cloud pattern has also become more symmetric

than 6 hours ago, with outflow expanding in all quadrants. Satellite

estimates supported an intensity of 65 kt at 0600 UTC, but with the

improving satellite presentation since that time, the initial wind

speed is set to 70 kt. Dora has about 12-24 hours to further

strengthen before a combination of cooling SSTs and a more

dry and stable environment likely causes the hurricane to start to

decay.