Dean is now a Cat 2 - Cruise Line Fans: Cruise Forum, Reviews and Chat From Real Cruisers

sue miller · 08-16-2007, 05:39 PM

new advisory....
AT 500 PM AST...2100Z...THE CENTER OF HURRICANE DEAN WAS LOCATED
NEAR LATITUDE 14.0 NORTH...LONGITUDE 56.5 WEST OR ABOUT 210 MILES...
335 KM...EAST-NORTHEAST OF BARBADOS AND ABOUT 305 MILES...490 KM...
EAST OF MARTINIQUE.

DEAN IS MOVING TOWARD THE WEST NEAR 23 MPH...37 KM/HR...AND THIS
MOTION IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE TONIGHT AND TOMORROW. ON THIS
TRACK...THE CENTER OF DEAN WILL BE CROSSING THE LESSER ANTILLES
EARLY FRIDAY.

MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS HAVE INCREASED TO NEAR 100 MPH...160
KM/HR...WITH HIGHER GUSTS. DEAN IS A CATEGORY TWO HURRICANE ON THE
SAFFIR-SIMPSON HURRICANE SCALE. STRONGER WINDS...ESPECIALLY IN
GUSTS...ARE LIKELY OVER ELEVATED TERRAIN. SOME STRENGTHENING IS
FORECAST BEFORE THE HURRICANE REACHES THE LESSER ANTILLES.

Char · 08-16-2007, 05:40 PM

That was faster than they expected!

sue miller · 08-16-2007, 05:42 PM

I have a hard time believing a cat 4 to a cat 1, but we shall see!!

Char · 08-16-2007, 05:44 PM

That track does not look good for Jamaica and Grand Cayman!

sue miller · 08-16-2007, 05:56 PM

Here is a new corrected one!!

Char · 08-16-2007, 05:57 PM

They both look the same to me!

sue miller · 08-16-2007, 06:23 PM

LOL sorry the first I posted the wrong one, it was a little more south and had it as a cat 1 not a cat 2!!

LepHysteria · 08-16-2007, 08:37 PM

I don't think it looks good for Texas either

slotaddict · 08-16-2007, 08:42 PM

I was just listening to weather channel, they said if the storm does not spend much time over the Yucatan Peninsula it will not weaken that much. Yikes.

sue miller · 08-16-2007, 09:00 PM

If you are anywhere near the gulf coast, please monitor, It is possible that it may not hit there and may go up the middle, and if it does, there is nothing to stop it and it could go anywhere. Set plans in case, and you won't be blinsided!!