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#106167 (Received by flhurricane at: 2:00 AM 26.Aug.2006) TCPAT5 BULLETIN TROPICAL STORM ERNESTO INTERMEDIATE ADVISORY NUMBER 6A NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL AL052006 200 AM AST SAT AUG 26 2006 ...AIR FORCE PLANE FINDS A BETTER ORGANIZED ERNESTO... A TROPICAL STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE SOUTHERN COAST OF HISPANIOLA FROM THE HAITI-DOMINICAN REPUBLIC BORDER WESTWARD TO THE SOUTHWESTERN TIP OF HAITI. A TROPICAL STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR JAMAICA. INTERESTS IN THE CAYMAN ISLANDS AND CUBA SHOULD MONITOR THE PROGRESS OF ERNESTO. FOR STORM INFORMATION SPECIFIC TO YOUR AREA...INCLUDING POSSIBLE INLAND WATCHES AND WARNINGS...PLEASE MONITOR PRODUCTS ISSUED BY YOUR LOCAL WEATHER OFFICE. AT 200 AM AST...0600Z...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM ERNESTO WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 14.7 NORTH...LONGITUDE 69.5 WEST OR ABOUT 255 MILES...410 KM...SOUTH OF SANTO DOMINGO IN THE DOMINICAN REPUBLIC AND ABOUT 530 MILES...855 KM...EAST-SOUTHEAST OF KINGSTON JAMAICA. ERNESTO HAS BEEN MOVING TOWARD THE WEST NEAR 14 MPH...23 KM/HR ...AND THIS GENERAL MOTION WITH A GRADUAL TURN TO THE WEST-NORTHWEST IS EXPECTED DURING THE NEXT 24 HOURS. ON THIS TRACK...THE CENTER OF ERNESTO WILL BE PASSING TO THE SOUTH OF THE SOUTHERN COAST OF HISPANIOLA TODAY. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS REMAIN NEAR 45 MPH...75 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER GUSTS. ADDITIONAL STRENGTHENING IS FORECAST DURING THE NEXT 24 HOURS. TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 90 MILES...150 KM... MAINLY TO THE NORTHEAST FROM THE CENTER. MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE JUST REPORTED BY AN AIR FORCE PLANE WAS 999 MB...29.50 INCHES. RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 2 TO 4 INCHES ARE EXPECTED IN ASSOCIATION WITH ERNESTO ACROSS PORTIONS OF PUERTO RICO...DOMINICAN REPUBLIC AND HAITI...WITH POSSIBLE ISOLATED AMOUNTS OF 8 INCHES. REPEATING THE 200 AM AST POSITION...14.7 N...69.5 W. MOVEMENT TOWARD...WEST-NORTHWEST NEAR 14 MPH. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...45 MPH. MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...999 MB. THE NEXT ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER AT 500 AM AST. |