Please note: This will be very short, intended only to update the position of Dean and wind information. Please scroll down to our earlier, more lengthy, update which has an attached tracking map. Much of that information is still valid.
The 10:00 a.m. Advisory placed the center of Hurricane Dean near latitude 20.6N, longitude 96.3W or about 95 miles north of Veracruz and about 75 miles ESE of Tuxpan.
He was moving WNW at 18 mph. This motion should continue until he makes landfall near Tuxpan early this afternoon.
DEAN NOW A CATEGORY 2
The sustained winds in Dean have increased to 100 mph with higher gusts making him a Category 2. He is not expected to grow much stronger before making landfall. The latest minimum pressure was 9.79mb or 28.91 inches.
Again, please scroll down to our previous post, which contains a lot of extra information.
