Friday, August 17, 2007

Hurricane Dean Update - Friday, August 17, 2007

Hurricane Dean Update
Friday, August 17, 2007
5:00am AST

As of 5:00 AM AST the center of Hurricane Dean was located near Latitude 14.3 North... Longitude 60.9 West... or in the St. Lucia Channel between St. Lucia and Martinique.

Hurricane Dean has Maximum Sustained Winds near 100 MPH with higher gust. Dean is a Category Two Hurricane. Stronger winds... especially in gust... are likely over elevated terrain near the path of the center. Some strengthening is forecast during the next 24 hours.

Hurricane Force Winds extend outward up to 25 miles from the center and Tropical Storm Force Winds extend outward up to 70 miles.

The Estimated Minimum Central Pressure is 976 MB... 28.82 Inches.
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Info and Map by NWS TPC/National Hurricane Center Miami FL
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More News - 2:00pm CDT: Hurricane Dean strengthened into a Category Three Hurricane and tore through the eastern Caribbean on Friday, ripping the roofs from a hospital and homes, and flooding buildings with rain and seawater. A 62-year-old man drowned - the storm's first death... With 125 mph winds, the first hurricane of the Atlantic season was expected to gain power over the warm waters of the Caribbean, hit Jamaica on Sunday and climb to Category 4 status before clipping Mexico's Yucatan Peninsula...
Read the rest at link below...

Hurricane Dean Strengthens to Category 3

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