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TROPICAL DEPRESSION DEAN ADVISORY NUMBER   5
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
11 AM AST THU AUG 23 2001

...DEAN WEAKENING TO A TROPICAL WAVE...ALL WARNINGS AND WATCHES
DISCONTINUED...
 
AT 11 AM AST...1500 UTC...THE GOVERNMENT OF THE BAHAMAS HAS
DISCONTINUED ALL WARNINGS AND WATCHES FOR THE BAHAMAS AND THE TURKS
AND CAICOS ISLANDS.
 
REPORTS FROM AN AIR FORCE RESERVE HURRICANE HUNTER AIRCRAFT INDICATE
THAT DEAN NO LONGER HAS A CLOSED WIND CIRCULATION.  AT 11 AM AST...
1500Z...THE REMNANTS OF DEAN WERE LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 22.4
NORTH...LONGITUDE  70.2 WEST OR ABOUT 85 MILES...135 KM...NORTHEAST 
OF GRAND TURK.
 
THE SYSTEM IS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTHWEST NEAR 17 MPH...28 KM/HR...
AND THE REMNANTS ARE EXPECTED TO TURN NORTHWARD OVER THE 24 HOURS.
 
THE AIRCRAFT REPORTED SUSTAINED WINDS OF 35 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS
TO THE EAST OF THE REMNANTS OF THE CENTER.

ALTHOUGH DEAN IS WEAKENING...RAINBANDS TRAILING THE SYSTEM WILL 
CONTINUE TO PRODUCE LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL...AND GUSTY WINDS OVER 
PUERTO RICO AND PORTIONS OF THE DOMINICAN REPUBLIC TODAY.
 
REPEATING THE 11 AM AST POSITION...REMNANTS OF THE CENTER NEAR
22.4 N...70.2 W.  MOVEMENT TOWARD...NORTHWEST NEAR 17 MPH.
 
FOR STORM INFORMATION SPECIFIC TO YOUR AREA...PLEASE MONITOR
PRODUCTS ISSUED BY YOUR LOCAL WEATHER OFFICE.
 
THIS IS THE LAST FORECAST/ADVISORY ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE
CENTER ON THIS SYSTEM UNLESS REGENERATION OCCURS.  FURTHER 
INFORMATION WILL BE CONTAINED IN HIGH SEAS AND OFFSHORE FORECASTS
ISSUED BY THE TROPICAL PREDICTION CENTER.
 
FORECASTER BEVEN
 
 
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