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 HURRICANE DEAN FORECAST/ADVISORY NUMBER  24
 NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL   AL042007
 0300 UTC SUN AUG 19 2007
  
 AT 11 PM AST...0300 UTC...THE GOVERNMENT OF THE CAYMAN ISLANDS HAS
 ISSUED A HURRICANE WARNING FOR THE CAYMAN ISLANDS.
  
 A HURRICANE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE SOUTH COAST OF THE
 DOMINICAN REPUBLIC FROM BARAHONA WESTWARD TO THE HAITI-DOMINICAN
 REPUBLIC BORDER...AND FOR THE SOUTHWESTERN PENINSULA OF HAITI FROM
 THE HAITI-DOMINICAN REPUBLIC BORDER TO PORT-AU-PRINCE. A HURRICANE
 WARNING IS ALSO IN EFFECT FOR JAMAICA.
  
 A HURRICANE WARNING MEANS THAT HURRICANE CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED
 WITHIN THE WARNING AREA WITHIN THE NEXT 24 HOURS.  PREPARATIONS TO
 PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY SHOULD BE RUSHED TO COMPLETION.
  
 A TROPICAL STORM WARNING IS STILL IN EFFECT ALONG THE SOUTH
 COAST OF THE DOMINICAN REPUBLIC FROM CABO ENGANO WESTWARD TO
 BARAHONA...AND FOR COAST OF HAITI NORTH OF PORT-AU-PRINCE TO THE
 NORTHERN HAITI-DOMINICAN REPUBLIC BORDER.  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 WARNING MEANS THAT TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED
 WITHIN THE WARNING AREA WITHIN THE NEXT 24 HOURS.
  
 AT 11 PM AST...THE GOVERNMENT OF CUBA HAS ISSUED A TROPICAL STORM
 WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL CUBA...FOR THE PROVINCES OF CIEGO DE
 AVILA...SANCTI SPIRITUS...CIENFUEGOS...MATANZAS...AND ISLA DE LA
 JUVENTUD.  A TROPICAL STORM WATCH MEANS THAT TROPICAL STORM
 CONDITIONS ARE POSSIBLE WITHIN THE WATCH AREA...GENERALLY WITHIN 36
 HOURS.
  
 INTERESTS ELSEWHERE IN THE WESTERN CARIBBEAN...INCLUDING
 WESTERN CUBA AND THE YUCATAN PENINSULA...SHOULD CLOSELY MONITOR THE
 PROGRESS OF DEAN.
  
 FOR STORM INFORMATION SPECIFIC TO YOUR AREA...PLEASE MONITOR
 PRODUCTS ISSUED BY YOUR LOCAL WEATHER OFFICE.
  
 HURRICANE CENTER LOCATED NEAR 16.2N  71.7W AT 19/0300Z
 POSITION ACCURATE WITHIN  10 NM
  
 PRESENT MOVEMENT TOWARD THE WEST OR 280 DEGREES AT  15 KT
  
 ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE  918 MB
 EYE DIAMETER  10 NM
 MAX SUSTAINED WINDS 125 KT WITH GUSTS TO 155 KT.
 64 KT....... 50NE  40SE  40SW  50NW.
 50 KT....... 90NE  70SE  70SW  90NW.
 34 KT.......180NE 120SE 100SW 150NW.
 12 FT SEAS..360NE 210SE 150SW 300NW.
 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 16.2N  71.7W AT 19/0300Z
 AT 19/0000Z CENTER WAS LOCATED NEAR 16.0N  71.0W
  
 FORECAST VALID 19/1200Z 16.8N  74.3W
 MAX WIND 130 KT...GUSTS 160 KT.
 64 KT... 50NE  40SE  40SW  50NW.
 50 KT... 90NE  70SE  70SW  90NW.
 34 KT...180NE 120SE 100SW 150NW.
  
 FORECAST VALID 20/0000Z 17.6N  77.8W
 MAX WIND 130 KT...GUSTS 160 KT.
 64 KT... 50NE  40SE  40SW  50NW.
 50 KT... 90NE  70SE  70SW  90NW.
 34 KT...180NE 120SE 100SW 150NW.
  
 FORECAST VALID 20/1200Z 18.4N  81.4W
 MAX WIND 135 KT...GUSTS 165 KT.
 64 KT... 50NE  40SE  40SW  50NW.
 50 KT... 90NE  70SE  70SW  90NW.
 34 KT...180NE 120SE 100SW 150NW.
  
 FORECAST VALID 21/0000Z 19.3N  85.1W
 MAX WIND 140 KT...GUSTS 170 KT.
 50 KT... 90NE  70SE  70SW  90NW.
 34 KT...180NE 120SE 100SW 150NW.
  
 FORECAST VALID 22/0000Z 21.0N  92.0W
 MAX WIND  85 KT...GUSTS 105 KT.
 50 KT... 90NE  70SE  70SW  90NW.
 34 KT...180NE 120SE 100SW 150NW.
  
 EXTENDED OUTLOOK. NOTE...ERRORS FOR TRACK HAVE AVERAGED NEAR 225 NM
 ON DAY 4 AND 300 NM ON DAY 5...AND FOR INTENSITY NEAR 20 KT EACH DAY
  
 OUTLOOK VALID 23/0000Z 23.0N  98.0W...INLAND
 MAX WIND 100 KT...GUSTS 120 KT.
  
 OUTLOOK VALID 24/0000Z 24.0N 101.0W...INLAND
 MAX WIND  30 KT...GUSTS  40 KT.
  
 REQUEST FOR 3 HOURLY SHIP REPORTS WITHIN 300 MILES OF 16.2N  71.7W
  
 NEXT ADVISORY AT 19/0900Z
  
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 FORECASTER KNABB/ROBERTS