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 WTNT24 KNHC 192043
 TCMAT4
 HURRICANE DEAN FORECAST/ADVISORY NUMBER  27
 NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL   AL042007
 2100 UTC SUN AUG 19 2007
  
 AT 5 PM EDT...2100 UTC...THE GOVERNMENT OF BELIZE HAS ISSUED A
 TROPICAL STORM WATCH FROM DANGRIEGA NORTHWARD TO THE BORDER WITH
 MEXICO.
  
 AT 5 PM EDT...THE HURRICANE WARNING FOR THE SOUTHWESTERN
 PENINSULA OF HAITI FROM PORT-AU-PRINCE TO THE HAITI/DOMINICAN
 REPUBLIC BORDER IS REPLACED WITH A TROPICAL STORM WARNING.
  
 AT 5 PM EDT...THE TROPICAL STORM WARNING FROM PORT-AU-PRINCE
 NORTHWARD IS DISCONTINUED.
  
 A HURRICANE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR JAMAICA AND THE CAYMAN
 ISLANDS. PREPARATIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY IN JAMAICA
 SHOULD HAVE ALREADY BEEN COMPLETED.  PREPARATIONS IN THE CAYMAN
 ISLANDS SHOULD BE RUSHED TO COMPLETION.
  
 A HURRICANE WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM CHETUMAL TO SAN FELIPE ON
 THE YUCATAN PENINSULA OF MEXICO.  HURRICANE CONDITIONS COULD ALSO
 SPREAD ACROSS NORTHERN BELIZE...AND TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS ARE
 POSSIBLE ELSEWHERE IN BELIZE.
  
 A TROPICAL STORM WARNING IS ALSO IN EFFECT FOR PORTIONS OF EASTERN
 CUBA...FROM THE PROVINCE OF CAMAGUEY EASTWARD TO THE PROVINCE OF
 GUANTANAMO.
  
 A TROPICAL STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE FOLLOWING PROVINCES
 OF CUBA...PINAR DEL RIO...LA HABANA... CIEGO DE AVILA...SANCTI
 SPIRITUS... CIENFUEGOS... MATANZAS...AND ISLA DE LA JUVENTUD.
  
 INTERESTS ELSEWHERE IN THE WESTERN CARIBBEAN...INCLUDING
 BELIZE...AND THE SOUTHERN GULF OF MEXICO SHOULD CLOSELY MONITOR THE
 PROGRESS OF DEAN.
  
  
 HURRICANE CENTER LOCATED NEAR 17.3N  76.8W AT 19/2100Z
 POSITION ACCURATE WITHIN  10 NM
  
 PRESENT MOVEMENT TOWARD THE WEST OR 280 DEGREES AT  17 KT
  
 ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE  930 MB
 EYE DIAMETER  25 NM
 MAX SUSTAINED WINDS 125 KT WITH GUSTS TO 155 KT.
 64 KT....... 50NE  50SE  30SW  50NW.
 50 KT....... 80NE  70SE  50SW  80NW.
 34 KT.......180NE 150SE  75SW 120NW.
 12 FT SEAS..480NE 420SE 240SW 180NW.
 WINDS AND SEAS VARY GREATLY IN EACH QUADRANT.  RADII IN NAUTICAL
 MILES ARE THE LARGEST RADII EXPECTED ANYWHERE IN THAT QUADRANT.
  
 REPEAT...CENTER LOCATED NEAR 17.3N  76.8W AT 19/2100Z
 AT 19/1800Z CE