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TROPICAL STORM DENNIS ADVISORY NUMBER   9
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
11 PM AST WED AUG 25 1999

...DENNIS DRIFTING WEST-NORTHWEST WITH LITTLE CHANGE IN STRENGTH...
 
A HURRICANE WATCH AND A TROPICAL STORM WARNING REMAIN IN EFFECT
FOR THE CENTRAL BAHAMAS...INCLUDING CAT...EXUMAS...LONG...RUM
CAY...AND SAN SALVADOR ISLANDS.  A HURRICANE WATCH REMAINS IN
EFFECT FOR THE NORTHWESTERN BAHAMAS...INCLUDING ABACOS...ANDROS
...BERRY...BIMINI...ELEUTHERA...GRAND BAHAMA...AND NEW PROVIDENCE
ISLANDS.  A TROPICAL STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE
SOUTHEASTERN BAHAMAS AND THE TURKS AND CAICOS ISLANDS.

RESIDENTS ALONG THE SOUTHEAST COAST OF THE UNITED STATES...PRIMARILY
THE CAROLINAS...SHOULD CLOSELY MONITOR THE PROGRESS OF DENNIS.
 
AT 11 PM AST...0300Z...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM DENNIS WAS
LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 23.7 NORTH...LONGITUDE  72.7 WEST OR ABOUT
315 MILES...505 KM...EAST-SOUTHEAST OF NASSAU IN THE BAHAMAS.
 
DENNIS IS DRIFTING TOWARD THE WEST NORTHWEST...AND THIS MOTION 
IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE TONIGHT AND THURSDAY.
 
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR  65 MPH...100 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER
GUSTS.  SOME STRENGTHENING IS FORECAST AND DENNIS IS EXPECTED TO
BECOME A HURRICANE DURING THE NEXT 24 HOURS.

TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 105 MILES...165 KM
...MAINLY TO THE EAST OF THE CENTER.
 
THE LATEST MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE REPORTED BY THE U.S. AIR FORCE
RESERVE HURRICANE HUNTER AIRCRAFT WAS 998 MB...29.47 INCHES.
 
REPEATING THE 11 PM AST POSITION...23.7 N... 72.7 W.  MOVEMENT
TOWARD...DRIFTING WEST-NORTHWEST.  MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS... 
65 MPH.  MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE... 998 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...THURSDAY.
 
GUINEY
 
STRIKE PROBABILITIES ASSOCIATED WITH THIS ADVISORY NUMBER CAN BE
FOUND UNDER AFOS HEADER MIASPFAT5 AND WMO HEADER WTNT75 KNHC.
 
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