HURRICANE DEAN ADVISORY NUMBER 32
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL AL042007
1100 PM EDT MON AUG 20 2007
...EYE OF POTENTIALLY CATASTROPHIC HURRICANE DEAN JUST A FEW HOURS
FROM LANDFALL ALONG THE EAST COAST OF THE YUCATAN PENINSULA..
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 160 MPH...260 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER
GUSTS. DEAN IS A POTENTIALLY CATASTROPHIC CATEGORY FIVE HURRICANE
ON THE SAFFIR-SIMPSON HURRICANE SCALE. LITTLE CHANGE IN STRENGTH
IS EXPECTED PRIOR TO LANDFALL ON THE EAST COAST OF THE YUCATAN
PENINSULA. ALTHOUGH SOME WEAKENING IS FORECAST AS DEAN CROSSES THE
YUCATAN PENINSULA...DEAN IS EXPECTED TO MAINTAIN HURRICANE STRENGTH
THROUGHOUT THE NEXT 24 HOURS.
Former Chattanoogan riding out Dean in Cancun
Former Chattanoogan Gene Hilton now lives in Cancun, Mexico. I spoke with him Monday evening and he gave this account of the conditions as Hurricane Dean moves in. "The outer bands have moved in and the conditions have worsened, we are hunkered down in our condo for the storm." Hilton said that he and his wife have taken the proper steps to protecting their condo with storm shutters in place. He was also amazed that people were still on the streets as the outer bands moved in at 9pm local time in Cancun.
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