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 HURRICANE DEAN FORECAST/ADVISORY NUMBER  26
 NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL   AL042007
 1500 UTC SUN AUG 19 2007
  
 AT 11 AM EDT...1500 UTC...THE GOVERNMENT OF MEXICO HAS ISSUED A
 HURRICANE WATCH FROM CHETUMAL TO SAN FELIPE ON THE YUCATAN
 PENINSULA.  A HURRICANE WATCH MEANS THAT HURRICANE CONDITIONS ARE
 POSSIBLE WITHIN THE WATCH AREA...GENERALLY WITHIN 36 HOURS.
  
 AT 11 AM EDT...THE GOVERNMENT OF CUBA HAS ISSUED A TROPICAL STORM
 WATCH FOR THE PROVINCES OF PINAR DEL RIO AND LA HABANA.  A TROPICAL
 STORM WATCH IS NOW IN EFFECT FOR THE FOLLOWING PROVINCES...PINAR
 DEL RIO...LA HABANA... CIEGO DE AVILA...SANCTI SPIRITUS...
 CIENFUEGOS... MATANZAS...AND ISLA DE LA JUVENTUD.
  
 A HURRICANE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE SOUTHWESTERN PENINSULA
 OF HAITI FROM WEST OF THE HAITI-DOMINICAN BORDER TO PORT-AU-PRINCE.
 A HURRICANE WARNING IS ALSO IN EFFECT FOR JAMAICA AND THE CAYMAN
 ISLANDS.  PREPARATIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY SHOULD BE RUSHED
 TO COMPLETION.
  
 A TROPICAL STORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR THE 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.
  
 INTERESTS ELSEWHERE IN THE WESTERN CARIBBEAN AND SOUTHERN GULF OF
 MEXICO SHOULD CLOSELY MONITOR THE PROGRESS OF DEAN.
  
  
 HURRICANE CENTER LOCATED NEAR 17.0N  75.1W AT 19/1500Z
 POSITION ACCURATE WITHIN  10 NM
  
 PRESENT MOVEMENT TOWARD THE WEST OR 280 DEGREES AT  16 KT
  
 ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE  926 MB
 EYE DIAMETER  15 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 150SE 100SW 150NW.
 12 FT SEAS..360NE 360SE 210SW 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 17.0N  75.1W AT 19/1500Z
 AT 19/1200Z CENTER WAS LOCATED NEAR 16.8N  74.3W
  
 FORECAST VALID 20/0000Z 17.5N  77.7W
 MAX WIND 125 KT...GUSTS 155 KT.
 64 KT... 50NE  40SE  40SW  50NW.
 50 KT... 90NE  70SE  70SW  90NW.
 34 KT...180NE 150SE 100SW 150NW.
  
 FORECAST VALID 20/1200Z 18.3N  81.2W
 MAX WIND 130 KT...GUSTS 160 KT.
 64 KT... 50NE  40SE  40SW  50NW.
 50 KT... 90NE  70SE  70SW  90NW.
 34 KT...180NE 150SE 100SW 150NW.
  
 FORECAST VALID 21/0000Z 19.0N  84.5W
 MAX WIND 140 KT...GUSTS 170 KT.
 64 KT... 50NE  40SE  40SW  50NW.
 50 KT... 90NE  70SE  70SW  90NW.
 34 KT...180NE 150SE 100SW 150NW.
  
 FORECAST VALID 21/1200Z 19.9N  88.2W...INLAND
 MAX WIND 120 KT...GUSTS 145 KT.
 50 KT... 90NE  70SE  60SW  70NW.
 34 KT...180NE 150SE 100SW 150NW.
  
 FORECAST VALID 22/1200Z 21.5N  95.0W
 MAX WIND 100 KT...GUSTS 120 KT.
 50 KT... 90NE  70SE  70SW  90NW.
 34 KT...180NE 150SE 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 23/1200Z 23.0N 100.0W...INLAND
 MAX WIND  40 KT...GUSTS  50 KT.
  
 OUTLOOK VALID 24/1200Z...DISSIPATED
  
 REQUEST FOR 3 HOURLY SHIP REPORTS WITHIN 300 MILES OF 17.0N  75.1W
  
 NEXT ADVISORY AT 19/2100Z
  
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 FORECASTER FRANKLIN