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will know more tomorrow AM. not much help to you now. the weather now is nothing bad at all, no waves, no rain.
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hey thanks for your help.
Weather Channel shows hurricane warnings just north of Belize to coincide with the map link you gave before.
I've got about 4 hrs before I need to leave for the airport. I'll decide last minute.
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I apprecate your insights, I guess I will just have to ait until Sat night to make a decision. What a bummer!
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Deacon, I say go ahead and go. We were there several years ago when a small hurricane passed by coming up from Nicaragua and it wasn't bad at all. It happened about mid-way through our trip, We were back in the water the first full day after. No problems, mon. Have fun!
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<img align=right height=324 width=400 src="http://weather.yahoo.com/graphics/satellite/central_america.jpg"> Here in San Pedro right now it's very calm, 5-10 mph from the north, slight slop waves on the beach, no rain so far.
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000 WTNT35 KNHC 300604 TCPAT5 BULLETIN TROPICAL STORM KEITH INTERMEDIATE ADVISORY NUMBER 6A NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL 2 AM EDT SAT SEP 30 2000
...KEITH DRIFTING SLOWLY WESTWARD AND STRENGTHENING...RAINFALL THREAT CONTINUES OVER CENTRAL AMERICA... A HURRICANE WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT ALONG THE EAST COAST OF THE YUCATAN PENINSULA FROM CHETUMAL MEXICO TO CABO CATOCHE MEXICO. WARNINGS MAY BE REQUIRED FOR A PORTION OF THIS AREA LATER TODAY. ALL INTERESTS IN THE NORTHWESTERN CARIBBEAN SHOULD MONITOR THE PROGRESS OF THIS SYSTEM. AT 2 AM EDT...0600Z...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM KEITH WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 17.8 NORTH...LONGITUDE 85.5 WEST OR ABOUT 205 MILES...330 KM...SOUTH-SOUTHEAST OF COZUMEL MEXICO. KEITH IS DRIFTING TOWARD THE WEST NEAR 3 MPH... 5 KM/HR...BUT A SLOW NORTH-NORTHWEST MOTION IS EXPECTED TO RESUME LATER TODAY. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS RECENTLY REPORTED BY RECONNAISSANCE AIRCRAFT ARE NEAR 60 MPH... 97 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER GUSTS. SATELLITE IMAGERY INDICATES THAT KEITH CONTINUES TO BECOME BETTER ORGANIZED AND ADDITIONAL STRENGTHENING IS LIKELY DURING THE NEXT 24 HOURS. KEITH WILL LIKELY BECOME A HURRICANE LATER TODAY. TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 85 MILES ...140 KM FROM THE CENTER. ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 995 MB...29.38 INCHES. MOIST SOUTHWESTERLY WINDS FROM THE EASTERN PACIFIC COULD BRING TORRENTIAL RAINS TO PORTIONS OF CENTRAL AMERICA DURING THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS AND PREVENTIVE ACTIONS SHOULD BE TAKEN. REPEATING THE 11 PM EDT POSITION...17.8 N... 85.5 W. MOVEMENT ...DRIFTING WEST NEAR 3 MPH. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS... 60 MPH. MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE... 995 MB.
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000 WTNT35 KNHC 300857 TCPAT5 BULLETIN TROPICAL STORM KEITH ADVISORY NUMBER 7 NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL 5 AM EDT SAT SEP 30 2000
...KEITH STRENGTHENING AND COULD BECOME A HURRICANE LATER TODAY... A HURRICANE WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT ALONG THE EAST OF THE YUCATAN PENINSULA FROM CHETUMAL MEXICO TO CABO CATOCHE MEXICO. HURRICANE WARNINGS MAY BE REQUIRED FOR A PORTION OF THIS AREA AND FURTHER SOUTH TO BELIZE LATER TODAY. ALL INTERESTS IN THE NORTHWESTERN CARIBBEAN SHOULD MONITOR THE PROGRESS OF THIS SYSTEM. AT 5 AM EDT...0900Z...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM KEITH WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 18.1 NORTH...LONGITUDE 86.3 WEST OR ABOUT 115 MILES...185 KM...EAST OF CHETUMAL MEXICO AND ABOUT 165 MILES...265 KM...SOUTH OF COZUMEL MEXICO. KEITH IS MOVING TOWARD THE WEST-NORTHWEST NEAR 7 MPH...11 KM/HR... AND THIS MOTION IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE THIS MORNING...FOLLOWED BY A GRADUAL TURN TOWARD THE NORTHWEST TONIGHT OR SUNDAY. IF THE CURRENT MOTION CONTINUES LONGER THAN EXPECTED...THEN HURRICANE WARNINGS MAY BE REQUIRED FOR PORTIONS OF THE HURRICANE WATCH AREA AND FOR BELIZE BY THIS AFTERNOON. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 70 MPH...110 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER GUSTS. SOME STRENGTHENING IS FORECAST DURING THE NEXT 24 HOURS AND KEITH WILL LIKELY BECOME A HURRICANE LATER TODAY. TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 140 MILES ...220 KM FROM THE CENTER. THE LATEST MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE REPORTED BY RECONNAISSANCE AIRCRAFT IS 985 MB...29.09 INCHES. REPEATING THE 5 AM EDT POSITION...18.1 N... 86.3 W. MOVEMENT TOWARD...WEST NORTHWEST NEAR 7 MPH. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS... 70 MPH. MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE... 985 MB.
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Here in San Pedro it has started raining, breeze picking up a little from the north, and waves on the beach are increasng in size.
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Is Barefoot going to write another song? Hope everyone stays safe!
Grace DeVita
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It's 6:03 am here! How are you all doing in San Pedro? It looks very nasty from the pictures on the Web.
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