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Saturday, July 9, 2005

WEATHER
July 9, 2005 (10:00 am)

SAN PEDRO WEATHER DISCUSSION by Winston Panton (with
excerpts from the Regional Hurricane Center)

TROPICAL WEATHER DEVELOPMENT

AT 7 AM EDT...1100Z...THE EYE OF HURRICANE DENNIS WAS
LOCATED NEAR 24.1N 83.2W...OR ABOUT 95 MILES
WEST-SOUTHWEST OF KEY WEST FLORIDA. DENNIS IS MOVING
TOWARD THE NORTHWEST NEAR 14 MPH AND THIS MOTION IS
EXPECTED TO CONTINUE DURING THE NEXT 24 HOURS.

A NOAA RECONNAISSANCE PLANE INDICATES THAT WINDS ARE
BEGINNINGTO INCREASE AGAIN AND HAVE REACHED 105
MPH...WITH HIGHER GUSTS. DENNIS IS NOW A CATEGORY TWO
HURRICANE ON THE SAFFIR-SIMPSON SCALE. SOME
RE-STRENGTHENING IS FORECAST DURING THE NEXT 24 HOURS.

HURRICANE FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 65 MILES
FROM THE CENTER...AND TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS
EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 175 MILES. KEY WEST HAS
EXPERIENCED A GUST TO 74 MPH... HURRICANE FORCE.

SOMBRERO KEY...AN ELEVATED PLATFORM NEAR MARATHON
FLORIDA...REPORTED SUSTAINED HURRICANE FORCE WINDSOF
74 MPH WITH A GUST TO 88 MPH. MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE
REPORTED BY AN AIR FORCE RECONNAISSANCE AIRCRAFT WAS
969 MB... 28.61 INCHES.
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Weather conditions over the extreme North Western
Caribbean including Belize will be cloudy at times as
Hurricane Dennis moves into the eastern Gulf of Mexico

San Pedro and Caye Caulker will experience for the
next 24 hrs: Winds light and variable at first then
shift northeasterly 5 to 15 kts. late on Saturday and
Sunday.

Skies will be cloudy at times with hot temperatures
and isolated showers or thundershowers.

North Western Caribbean:

DENNIS WEAKENED AS IT PASSED OVER CUBA...AND NOW HAS
RE-ENTERED THE WATERS...NOW IN THE SOUTHEASTERN GULF
OF MEXICO. THE PRESSURE HAS FILLED A BIT MORE...NOW UP
TO 972 MB.

THERE IS AN AREA OF SOLID STRONG SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS FROM 20N TO 22N BETWEEN 79W AND 82W NEAR
AND SOUTH OF CUBA

CONDITIONS WILL RETURN TO NORMAL SUNDAY WITH MODERATE
TRADE WINDS AFFECTING MOST OF THE AREA THROUGH WED.

Eastern Caribbean:

THE 60W/61W TROPICAL WAVE BRINGS SOME SHOWERS AND
POSSIBLE
THUNDERSTORMS...FOR THE MOMENT...TO THE EASTERN
CARIBBEAN SEA
ISLANDS FROM 10N TO 16N BETWEEN 58W AND 66W. http://www.hydromet.gov.bz/ gen_wx_ forecast.html

26TH MEETING OF HEADS OF CARICOM HAS CONCLUDED:
The heads of government re-affirmed un-equivocal support for the territorial integrity and sovereignty of Belize.
http://www.lovefm.com/story01.shtml

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