H4 Dean (Advisory 19A synopsis)

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....CORRECTED MAXIMUM WIND SPEED TO 135 MPH...

....DEAN REACHES CATEGORY FOUR STRENGTH AS ITS CENTER PASSES SOUTH OF THE VIRGIN

ISLANDS...

(Hurricane and Tropical Storm Warnings throughout the Central Caribbean)

INTERESTS ELSEWHERE IN THE CENTRAL AND WESTERN CARIBBEAN...INCLUDING

WESTERN CUBA...THE CAYMAN ISLANDS...AND THE YUCATAN PENINSULA OF

MEXICO SHOULD CLOSELY MONITOR THE PROGRESS OF DEAN.

AT 800 PM AST...0000Z...THE CENTER OF HURRICANE DEAN WAS LOCATED

NEAR LATITUDE 14.9 NORTH...LONGITUDE 65.1 WEST OR ABOUT 800 MILES...

1290 KM...EAST-SOUTHEAST OF KINGSTON JAMAICA AND ABOUT 255 MILES...

410 KM...SOUTH-SOUTHEAST OF SAN JUAN PUERTO RICO.

DEAN IS MOVING TOWARD THE WEST NEAR 19 MPH...31 KM/HR. THIS

MOTION IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE THROUGH SATURDAY WITH A GRADUAL

DECREASE IN FORWARD SPEED. ON THIS TRACK...THE CORE OF THE

HURRICANE WILL BE MOVING WELL SOUTH OF PUERTO RICO TONIGHT.

REPORTS FROM AN AIR FORCE RESERVE RECONNAISSANCE AIRCRAFT INDICATE

THAT MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS HAVE INCREASED TO AT LEAST 135

MPH...215 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER GUSTS. DEAN IS NOW A CATEGORY FOUR

HURRICANE ON THE SAFFIR-SIMPSON HURRICANE SCALE. SOME ADDITIONAL

STRENGTHENING IS FORECAST DURING THE NEXT 24 HOURS.

HURRICANE FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 30 MILES...45 KM...FROM

THE CENTER...AND TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 185

MILES...295 KM.

" A prudent man foresees the difficulties ahead and prepares for them; the

simpleton goes blindly on and suffers the consequences. " Proverbs 22:3

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