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HURRICANE DENNIS INTERMEDIATE ADVISORY NUMBER 10A
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
8 AM AST THU AUG 26 1999
 
...DENNIS CONTINUES SLOWLY WEST-NORTHWEST...

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.

RESIDENTS ALONG THE SOUTHEAST COAST OF THE UNITED STATES...PRIMARILY
THE CAROLINAS...SHOULD CLOSELY MONITOR THE PROGESS OF DENNIS.
 
AT 8 AM AST...1200Z...THE CENTER OF HURRICANE DENNIS WAS LOCATED
NEAR LATITUDE 24.1 NORTH...LONGITUDE  73.7 WEST OR ABOUT 245 MILES
...400 KM...EAST-SOUTHEAST OF NASSAU IN THE BAHAMAS.
 
DENNIS IS MOVING TOWARD THE WEST NORTHWEST NEAR 6 MPH 10 KM/HR. 
THIS GENERAL MOTION IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE TODAY.
 
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS REMAIN NEAR  75 MPH...120 KM/HR...WITH
HIGHER GUSTS.  SOME 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 140 MILES...220 KM...TO THE EAST OF THE CENTER.
 
THE ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS  995 MB...29.38 INCHES.
 
REPEATING THE 8 AM AST POSITION...24.1 N... 73.7 W.  MOVEMENT
TOWARD...WEST NORTHWEST NEAR  6 MPH.  MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS... 75
MPH.  MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE... 995 MB.
 
THE NEXT ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER AT
11 AM AST.
 
AVILA
 
 
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