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TROPICAL STORM DENNIS INTERMEDIATE ADVISORY NUMBER  7A
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
2 PM AST WED AUG 25 1999

...COR TO ADD THE WORD...HURRICANE...AFTER..LIKELY TO BECOME...

...DENNIS BEGINS TO STRENGTHEN...STILL NEARLY STATIONARY...
 
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 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.
 
AT 2 PM AST...1800Z...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM DENNIS WAS
LOCATED BY AN AIR FORCE RECONNAISSANCE PLANE IN THE VICINITY OF
LATITUDE 23.1 NORTH...LONGITUDE  72.1 WEST OR ABOUT 365 MILES...585
KM...EAST SOUTHEAST OF NASSAU IN THE BAHAMAS.  THIS IS NOT BY ANY
MEANS AN EASTWARD MOTION OF THE STORM.  IT IS SIMPLY A READJUSTMENT
OF THE CENTER OF A REORGANIZING TROPICAL CYCLONE. 
 
DENNIS CONTINUES WITH LITTLE MOTION BUT IS EXPECTED TO RESUME A SLOW
WEST-NORTHWEST MOTION LATER TODAY. 

MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS HAVE INCREASED TO 65 MPH...105 KM/HR ...WITH
HIGHER GUSTS...MAINLY CONFINED TO THE EAST OF THE CENTER.  DENNIS IS
LIKELY TO BECOME A HURRICANE TONIGHT OR THURSDAY.
 
TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 70 MILES...110 KM TO
THE EAST OF THE CENTER.
 
LATEST MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE JUST REPORTED BY AN AIR FORCE
RECONNAISSANCE PLANE WAS 1000 MB...29.53 INCHES.
 
REPEATING THE 2 PM AST POSITION...23.1 N... 72.1 W.  MOVEMENT
NEARLY STATIONARY.  MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...65 MPH.  MINIMUM
CENTRAL PRESSURE...1000 MB.
 
THE NEXT ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER AT
5 PM AST.
 
AVILA
 
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