HOME	ACTIVE CYCLONES	FORECASTS	IMAGERY	ABOUT TPC	RECONNAISSANCE

ZCZC MIATCPAT5 ALL
TTAA00 KNHC DDHHMM
BULLETIN
TROPICAL STORM DENNIS ADVISORY NUMBER   5
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
11 PM AST TUE AUG 24 1999

...TROPICAL STORM DENNIS REMAINS POORLY ORGANIZED...

A TROPICAL STORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR THE TURKS AND CAICOS
ISLANDS AND FOR THE SOUTHEASTERN BAHAMAS WHICH INCLUDES THE
ACKLINS...CROOKED...INAGUAS...MAYAGUANA...SAMANA CAY AND RAGGED
ISLANDS. A TROPICAL STORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THE CENTRAL
BAHAMAS WHICH INCLUDES CAT...EXUMAS...LONG...RUM CAY AND SAN
SALVADOR ISLANDS.

THE TROPICAL STORM WATCH FOR THE CENTRAL BAHAMAS MAY BE UPGRADED 
TO A TROPICAL STORM WARNING...AND EXTENDED INTO THE NORTHWEST
BAHAMAS ON WEDNESDAY.
 
AT 11 PM AST...0300Z...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM DENNIS WAS
LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 22.9 NORTH...LONGITUDE  71.9 WEST OR ABOUT 
70 MILES...113 KM...NORTH OF THE CAICOS ISLANDS. 
 
DENNIS IS MOVING TOWARD THE WEST NORTHWEST NEAR 12 MPH...19 KM/HR...
AND THIS MOTION IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE THROUGH WEDNESDAY,
 
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR  45 MPH... 75 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER
GUSTS.  SOME STRENGTHENING IS FORECAST DURING THE NEXT 24 HOURS.
 
TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO  70 MILES...110 KM
FROM THE CENTER.
 
THE ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE FROM RECONNAISSANCE AIRCRAFT
IS 1005 MB...29.67 INCHES.
 
REPEATING THE 11 PM AST POSITION...22.9 N... 71.9 W.  MOVEMENT
TOWARD...WEST NORTHWEST NEAR 12 MPH.  MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...
45 MPH.  MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...1008 MB.
 
AN INTERMEDIATE ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE
CENTER AT 2 AM AST FOLLOWED BY THE NEXT COMPLETE ADVISORY AT 5 AM
AST...WEDNESDAY.
 
GUINEY
 
STRIKE PROBABILITIES ASSOCIATED WITH THIS ADVISORY NUMBER CAN BE
FOUND UNDER AFOS HEADER MIASPFAT5 AND WMO HEADER WTNT75 KNHC.
 
 
NNNN