AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
337 AM EDT FRI JUL 8 2005

...WINDS AND RAIN TO INCREASE LATER TODAY...

.DISCUSSION...MAIN FORECAST ISSUES FOR THE NEXT 2-3 DAYS CONTINUE
TO DEPEND ON TRACK OF HURRICANE DENNIS...NOW ALONG THE SOUTHERN
COAST OF CUBA. SEE LASTEST ADVISORIES FROM THE NATIONAL HURRICANE
CENTER FOR SPECIFICS ON FORECAST FOR DENNIS.

FOR THE LOCAL AREA...EXPECT WINDS AND RAINFALL TO PICK UP
TODAY...AND CONTINUE TO INCREASE THROUGH TOMORROW MORNING AS
DENNIS MOVES NORTHWEST. THE CURRENT FORECAST FOR DENNIS HAS THE MAIN
THRUST OF THE STORM TO THE WEST OF SOUTH FLORIDA...IN THE
SOUTHEAST GULF OF MEXICO...THROUGH EARLY SATURDAY. THE CURRENT
FORECAST HAS TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS REACHING THE SOUTHWEST TIP
OF THE PENINSULA...AROUND FLAMIGO...THIS EVENING. TROPICAL STORM
FORCE WINDS ARE FORECAST TO IMPACT MIAMI-DADE...MAINLAND
MONROE...AND COLLIER COUNTY TONIGHT AND MOST OF THE DAY TOMORROW.
THE STRONGEST WINDS WILL BE ALONG THE IMMEDIATED COASTLINE IN
THESE AREAS.

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