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TROPICAL STORM DEAN ADVISORY NUMBER   8
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
5 PM AST MON AUG 27 2001
 
...DEAN CONTINUES TO STRENGTHEN OVER THE NORTH ATLANTIC 
SHIPPING LANES...

THE GOVERNMENT OF CANADA HAS ISSUED STORM WARNINGS FOR THE SOUTHERN 
GRAND BANKS OF NEWFOUNDLAND.
 
AT 5 PM AST...2100Z...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM DEAN WAS 
LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 41.3 NORTH...LONGITUDE  58.6 WEST OR 
ABOUT 465 MILES...750 KM...SOUTHWEST OF CAPE RACE NEWFOUNDLAND.
 
DEAN IS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTHEAST NEAR 23 MPH...37 KM/HR...AND 
THIS GENERAL MOTION IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE FOR THE NEXT 24 HOURS. 
ON THIS TRACK...THE CENTER OF DEAN SHOULD PASS TO THE SOUTHEAST OF 
CAPE RACE NEWFOUNDLAND ON TUESDAY.
 
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR  70 MPH...110 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER
GUSTS...AND DEAN IS JUST BELOW HURRICANE INTENSITY.  HOWEVER... 
LITTLE CHANGE IN STRENGTH IS FORECAST DURING THE NEXT 24 HOURS SINCE 
DEAN IS BEGINNING TO MOVE OVER COLDER WATER.
 
TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 195 MILES
...315 KM...MAINLY NORTHEAST THROUGH SOUTHEAST OF THE CENTER.
 
ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS  992 MB...29.29 INCHES.
 
REPEATING THE 5 PM AST POSITION...41.3 N... 58.6 W.  MOVEMENT
TOWARD...NORTHEAST NEAR 23 MPH.  MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS... 70 MPH.  
MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE... 992 MB.
 
THE NEXT ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER 
AT 11 PM AST.
 
FORECASTER STEWART
 
 
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