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TROPICAL STORM DENNIS INTERMEDIATE ADVISORY NUMBER  6A
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
8 AM AST WED AUG 25 1999

...DENNIS MOVING VERY LITTLE...
 
A HURRICANE WATCH AND A TROPICAL STORM WARNING ARE IN EFFECT FOR THE
CENTRAL BAHAMAS...INCLUDING CAT... EXUMAS...LONG...RUM CAY...AND SAN
SALVADOR ISLANDS. A HURRICANE WATCH IS NOW 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.
 
INTERESTS ALONG THE ENTIRE SOUTHEASTERN U.S. COAST SHOULD MONITOR
THE PROGRESS OF DENNIS.

AT 8 AM AST...1200Z...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM DENNIS WAS
LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 23.3 NORTH...LONGITUDE  72.5 WEST OR ABOUT 335
MILES...545 KM...EAST-SOUTHEAST OF NASSAU IN THE BAHAMAS.
 
DENNIS HAS BEEN MEANDERING DURING THE PAST FEW HOURS BUT IS EXPECTED
TO RESUME A WEST NORTHWEST TRACK NEAR 8 MPH...13 KM/HR...TODAY.

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.
 
LATEST MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE REPORTED BY AN AIR FORCE
RECONNAISSANCE PLANE WAS 1004 MB...29.64 INCHES.
 
REPEATING THE 8 AM AST POSITION...23.3 N... 72.5 W.  MOVEMENT
NEARLY STATIONARY.  MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS... 45 MPH.  MINIMUM
CENTRAL PRESSURE...1004 MB.
 
THE NEXT ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER AT
11 AM AST.
 
AVILA
 
 
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