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ZCZC MIATCPAT5 ALL TTAA00 KNHC DDHHMM BULLETIN HURRICANE DENNIS ADVISORY NUMBER 13 NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL 11 PM AST THU AUG 26 1999 ...DENNIS DRIFTING WEST-NORTHWESTWARD...NO CHANGE IN STRENGTH... AT 11 PM AST...0300Z...THE GOVERNMENT OF THE BAHAMAS HAS POSTED A TROPICAL STORM WARNING FOR NEW PROVIDENCE...GRAND BAHAMA AND THE BERRY ISLANDS IN THE NORTHWEST BAHAMAS. A HURRICANE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE ENTIRE CENTRAL BAHAMAS AND FOR A PORTION OF THE NORTHWEST BAHAMAS...ELEUTHERA AND THE ABACOS. A HURRICANE WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE NORTHWEST BAHAMAS INCLUDING ANDROS...BERRY...BIMINI...GRAND BAHAMA...AND NEW PROVIDENCE ISLANDS. RESIDENTS ALONG THE SOUTHEAST COAST OF THE UNITED STATES...PRIMARILY GEORIGA AND THE CAROLINAS..SHOULD CLOSELY MONITOR THE PROGRESS OF DENNIS. AT 11 PM AST...0300Z...THE CENTER OF HURRICANE DENNIS WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 25.0 NORTH...LONGITUDE 74.7 WEST OR ABOUT 175 MILES ...280KM...EAST OF NASSAU IN THE BAHAMAS. DENNIS IS DRIFTING TO THE WEST-NORTHWEST NEAR 6 MPH...AND THIS GENERAL MOTION IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE TONIGHT AND FRIDAY. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 80 MPH...130 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER GUSTS CONFINED TO THE NORTH AND EAST OF THE CENTER. SLOW STRENGTHENING IS POSSIBLE DURING THE NEXT 24 HOURS. HURRICANE FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 45 MILES... 75 KM... FROM THE CENTER...AND TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 145 MILES...230 KM. THESE WINDS ARE MAINLY TO THE NORTH AND EAST OF THE CENTER. THE LATEST MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE REPORTED BY THE AIR FORCE RESERVE HURRICANE HUNTER AIRCRAFT WAS 992 MB...29.29 INCHES. REPEATING THE 11 PM AST POSITION...25.0 N... 74.7 W. MOVEMENT TOWARD...DRIFTING WEST-NORTHWEST NEAR 6 MPH. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS... 80 MPH. MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE... 992 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...FRIDAY. GUINEY STRIKE PROBABILITIES ASSOCIATED WITH THIS ADVISORY NUMBER CAN BE FOUND UNDER AFOS HEADER MIASPFAT5 AND WMO HEADER WTNT75 KNHC. NNNN ...DENNIS DRIFTING WEST-NORTHWESTWARD...NO CHANGE IN STRENGTH... A HURRICANE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE ENTIRE CENTRAL BAHAMAS AND FOR A PORTION OF THE NORTHWEST BAHAMAS...ELEUTHERA AND THE ABACOS. A HURRICANE WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE NORTHWEST BAHAMAS INCLUDING ANDROS...BERRY...BIMINI...GRAND BAHAMA...AND NEW PROVIDENCE ISLANDS. RESIDENTS ALONG THE SOUTHEAST COAST OF THE UNITED STATES...PRIMARILY GEORIGA AND THE CAROLINAS..SHOULD CLOSELY MONITOR THE PROGRESS OF DENNIS. AT 11 PM AST...0300Z...THE CENTER OF HURRICANE DENNIS WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 25.0 NORTH...LONGITUDE 74.7 WEST OR ABOUT 175 MILES ...280KM...EAST OF NASSAU IN THE BAHAMAS. DENNIS IS DRIFTING TO THE WEST-NORTHWEST NEAR 6 MPH...AND THIS GENERAL MOTION IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE TONIGHT AND FRIDAY. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 80 MPH...130 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER GUSTS CONFINED TO THE NORTH AND EAST OF THE CENTER. SLOW STRENGTHENING IS POSSIBLE DURING THE NEXT 24 HOURS. HURRICANE FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 45 MILES... 75 KM... FROM THE CENTER...AND TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 145 MILES...230 KM. THESE WINDS ARE MAINLY TO THE NORTH AND EAST OF THE CENTER. THE LATEST MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE REPORTED BY THE AIR FORCE RESERVE HURRICANE HUNTER AIRCRAFT WAS 992 MB...29.29 INCHES. REPEATING THE 11 PM AST POSITION...25.0 N... 74.7 W. MOVEMENT TOWARD...DRIFTING WEST-NORTHWEST NEAR 6 MPH. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS... 80 MPH. MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE... 992 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...FRIDAY. GUINEY STRIKE PROBABILITIES ASSOCIATED WITH THIS ADVISORY NUMBER CAN BE FOUND UNDER AFOS HEADER MIASPFAT5 AND WMO HEADER WTNT75 KNHC.