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TROPICAL STORM DENNIS INTERMEDIATE ADVISORY NUMBER   5A
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
2 AM AST WED AUG 25 1999

...TROPICAL STORM DENNIS MOVING ERRATICALLY...

A TROPICAL STORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR THE TURKS AND CAICOS
ISLANDS AND FOR THE SOUTHEASTERN BAHAMAS WHICH INCLUDES THE
ACKLINS...CROOKED...INAGUAS...MAYAGUANA...SAMANA CAY AND RAGGED
ISLANDS. A TROPICAL STORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THE CENTRAL
BAHAMAS WHICH INCLUDES CAT...EXUMAS...LONG...RUM CAY AND SAN
SALVADOR ISLANDS.

THE TROPICAL STORM WATCH FOR THE CENTRAL BAHAMAS MAY BE UPGRADED 
TO A TROPICAL STORM WARNING...AND EXTENDED INTO THE NORTHWEST
BAHAMAS ON WEDNESDAY.
 
AT 2 AM AST...0600Z...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM DENNIS WAS
ESTIMATED TO BE NEAR LATITUDE 23.0 NORTH...LONGITUDE  72.1 WEST OR
ABOUT  75 MILES...120 KM...NORTH OF THE CAICOS ISLANDS. 
 
DENNIS HAS MOVED SLOWLY OVER THE PAST FEW HOURS...BUT IS EXPECTED TO
RESUME A WEST-NORTHWESTWARD MOTION LATER 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.
 
THE ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE FROM RECONNAISSANCE AIRCRAFT
IS 1008 MB...29.77 INCHES.
 
REPEATING THE 2 AM AST POSITION...23.0 N... 72.1 W.  MOVEMENT...
SLOW AND ERRATIC.  MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...45 MPH.  MINIMUM
CENTRAL PRESSURE...1008 MB.
 
THE NEXT ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER AT
5 AM AST.
 
BEVEN

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