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TROPICAL STORM DENNIS ADVISORY NUMBER   8
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
5 PM AST WED AUG 25 1999

...DENNIS 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.
 
RESIDENTS ALONG THE SOUTHEAST COAST OF THE UNITED STATES...PRIMARILY
NORTH AND SOUTH CAROLINA...SHOULD CLOSELY MONITOR THE PROGRESS OF
DENNIS.

AT 5 PM AST...2100Z...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM DENNIS WAS
LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 23.1 NORTH...LONGITUDE  72.1 WEST OR ABOUT 365
MILES...585 KM...EAST SOUTHEAST OF NASSAU IN THE BAHAMAS.
 
DENNIS HAS BEEN NEARLY STATIONARY TODAY BUT IS EXPECTED TO RESUME A
SLOW WEST-NORTHWEST TRACK TONIGHT. 
 
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR  65 MPH...100 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER
GUSTS.  DENNIS IS EXPECTED 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.
 
ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 1000 MB...29.53 INCHES.
 
REPEATING THE 5 PM AST POSITION...23.1 N... 72.1 W.  MOVEMENT
NEARLY STATIONARY.  MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS... 65 MPH.  MINIMUM
CENTRAL PRESSURE...1000 MB.
 
AN INTERMEDIATE ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE
CENTER AT 8 PM AST FOLLOWED BY THE NEXT COMPLETE ADVISORY AT 11 PM
AST.
 
AVILA
 
STRIKE PROBABILITIES ASSOCIATED WITH THIS ADVISORY NUMBER CAN BE
FOUND UNDER AFOS HEADER MIASPFAT5 AND WMO HEADER WTNT75 KNHC.
 
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