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Results for Kingston, Jamaica (17.93N, 76.78W): The eye of the storm is about 563 miles (906 km) away. If the system keeps moving at its current speed of 17 mph and directly towards you, it will take around 33.1 hours (Sunday, August 19 at 8:06PM AST) to reach you. Given the current windfield (205 miles from the center), tropical storm winds will be felt in 21.1 hours (Sunday, 8:06AM AST).

hope everyone is well we were in a hurricane on our honeymoon its very scary

Love and prayers to all involved, Caz xxx

You cheeky little monkey Hoff...Lol...you have just copied and pasted my email.......cheeky......but it OK...Lol...Lilly

Well... as mentioned below the passing of Dean did little to affect Grenada but after it passed.... we had thunder, lightening, rain and wind all night long. I'm on the SW of the Island and although the rain and thunder have stopped the wind is still gusting. I saw the trail of weather that was following Dean but didn't think we would feel it quite as much as we did. In fact during the day I even commented that you would never guess that a hurricane was out there so close to us. Nature is a wonderful and terrifying thing I just hope Jamaica and anyone else in it's path is ready for this one. My dogs were grateful that I slept in the chair last night, even the cat was in the house.... hope the goat took good shelter. May you God be with you.....

Thinking of you all. Stay safe Love Mary xx

Thoughts and prayers for all involved Jax xx

Keep safe Jamaica!

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Good luck Jamaica! Hope everyone keeps safe. Mau xxx

Thinking of them all. My geography is not good - is Grenada in that area? Oleander is there.

I hope everyone is safe, and am thinking of all who are involved or who have family and friends there. Ann xxx

I've seen a home movie of the last one to hit the Caymen and it's not nice to see the whole roof of a building blown off like tissue paper and people in the building screaming not haveing any where to run so staying put and hopeing for the best. not nice at all. God I hope they stay safe this time. Paul

OMG thats awful i cant even imagine what they're going through

Now 10:30 Saturday morning: sunny and dry in the north. Sadly my earlier report, submitted late last night, turns out to be over optimistic... My friends in Calibishi, Paix Bouche and Moore Park all now report even more damage than originally feared, with roofs of houses blown off, a high percentage of crops lost and flooding everywhere. In Portsmouth, two of the big trees opposite Barclays / First Caribbean bank have been blown over. The electricity, which you may remember I said came on late last night for the Portsmouth area, went off after a couple of hours and hasn't been on since. (Now 10am). Portsmouth looks like a ghost town with most of the shops shut... neither petrol stations currently open.

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Positive thoughts are with all those in the areas where Hurricane Dean can do damage, we get stressed by thunderstorms and heavy rain, these people live with the dangers all the time. Lizx

Hope everyone is ok and stays safe..... thats scarey stuff

Thanks for this Thread Hoff, I have updated the other thread as well.....I have been in a couple of these hurricanes, and it is very frightening, I do know that these people are use to them, and are are prepared, but it is the children that are so scared....and the 'poor' people that suffer so much, we don't have anything like this in England, thank goodness...so..please keep these people in your thoughts. In a few days, it will be all over the news, and you will see the damage it has done!!......and understand the need for these thoughts.....thanks.....Lilly

Public Advisory: HURRICANE DEAN INTERMEDIATE ADVISORY NUMBER 21A NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL AL042007 800 AM AST SAT AUG 18 2007 ..CORE OF HURRICANE DEAN PASSES WELL SOUTH OF PUERTO RICO... 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 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 HURRICANE WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR JAMAICA. A HURRICANE WARNING WILL LIKELY BE REQUIRED FOR JAMAICA LATER THIS MORNING. A HURRICANE WATCH MEANS THAT HURRICANE CONDITIONS ARE POSSIBLE WITHIN THE WATCH AREA...GENERALLY WITHIN 36 HOURS. A TROPICAL STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE BRITISH VIRGIN ISLANDS....U.S. VIRGIN ISLANDS AND PUERTO RICO. THESE WARNINGS WILL LIKELY BE DISCONTINUED ON SATURDAY MORNING. A TROPICAL STORM WARNING IS 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 MEANS THAT TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED WITHIN THE WARNING AREA WITHIN THE NEXT 24 HOURS. A TROPICAL STORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR PORTIONS OF CUBA...FROM THE PROVINCE OF CAMAGUEY EASTWARD TO THE PROVINCE OF GUANTANAMO. A TROPICAL STORM WATCH MEANS THAT TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS ARE POSSIBLE WITHIN THE WATCH AREA...GENERALLY WITHIN 36 HOURS. INTERESTS ELSEWHERE IN THE CENTRAL AND WESTERN CARIBBEAN...INCLUDING WESTERN CUBA...THE CAYMAN ISLANDS...AND THE YUCATAN PENINSULA OF MEXICO...SHOULD CLOSELY MONITOR THE PROGRESS OF DEAN. FOR STORM INFORMATION SPECIFIC TO YOUR AREA...INCLUDING POSSIBLE INLAND WATCHES AND WARNINGS...PLEASE MONITOR PRODUCTS ISSUED BY YOUR LOCAL WEATHER OFFICE. AT 800 AM AST...1200Z...THE CENTER OF HURRICANE DEAN WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 15.4 NORTH...LONGITUDE 67.9 WEST OR ABOUT 615 MILES... 990 KM...EAST-SOUTHEAST OF KINGSTON JAMAICA AND ABOUT 250 MILES... 400 KM...SOUTH-SOUTHEAST OF SANTO DOMINGO IN THE DOMINICAN REPUBLIC. DEAN IS MOVING TOWARD THE WEST NEAR 17 MPH...28 KM/HR. A GENERAL WEST TO WEST-NORTHWEST MOTION IS EXPECTED DURING THE NEXT 24 HOURS. ON THIS TRACK...THE CORE OF THE HURRICANE WILL BE MOVING SOUTH OF THE DOMINICAN REPUBLIC LATER TODAY AND SOUTH OF HAITI TONIGHT. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 150 MPH...240 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER GUSTS. SATELLITE IMAGES SUGGEST THAT DEAN COULD HAVE WEAKENED A LITTLE DURING THE PAST FEW HOURS...BUT REMAINS AS A DANGEROUS CATEGORY FOUR HURRICANE ON THE SAFFIR-SIMPSON SCALE. AN AIR FORCE RESERVE HURRICANE HUNTER AIRCRAFT IS CURRENTLY APPROACHING THE HURRICANE AND WILL DETERMINE THE INTENSITY. SOME FLUCTUATIONS IN INTENSITY ARE LIKELY DURING THE NEXT 24 HOURS. HURRICANE FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 60 MILES...95 KM...FROM THE CENTER...AND TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 205 MILES...335 KM. NOAA BUOY 42059 RECENTLY REPORTED A 1-MINUTE AVERAGE WIND OF 65 MPH...105 KM/HR AND A WIND GUST OF 76 MPH....122 KM/HR AS DEAN MOVED NEARBY. THE ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 930 MB...27.46 INCHES. STORM TOTAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED FROM DEAN OVER PUERTO RICO...THE DOMINICAN REPUBLIC AND HAITI WITH MAXIMUM AMOUNTS UP TO 5 INCHES POSSIBLE. THESE RAINS COULD CAUSE LIFE-THREATENING FLASH FLOODS AND MUDSLIDES. REPEATING THE 800 AM AST POSITION...15.4 N...67.9 W. MOVEMENT TOWARD...WEST NEAR 17 MPH. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...150 MPH. MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...930 MB. THE NEXT ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER AT 1100 AM AST. $$ FORECASTER AVILA