Yes it is but what the reports says is that Dennis is moving northwest, therfore it should be over Cuba today, the ropert also say that it has slow down but keep the same direction so unless it change his movement to west-northwest we are out of troubles, we are not include in any of the hurracine watch, tropcial strom watch, etc they only suggest us to keep any eye on the track. Here is the complete report of this morning: ...DANGEROUS CATEGORY 4 HURRICANE DENNIS CONTINUES TO BECOME BETTER ORGANIZED SOUTH OF CENTRAL CUBA... A HURRICANE WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR CUBA FOR THE PROVINCES OF LA HABANA...CIUDAD DE LA HABANA...MATANZAS... VILLA CLARA... CIENFUEGOS...SANCTI SPIRITUS...CIEGO DE AVILA...CAMAGUEY...LAS TUNAS...GRANMA...SANTIAGO DE CUBA...HOLGUIN AND GUANTANAMO. A HURRICANE WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE ISLE OF YOUTH AND THE PROVINCE OF PINAR DEL RIO. A HURRICANE WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR THE LOWER FLORIDA KEYS FROM THE SEVEN MILE BRIDGE WESTWARD TO THE DRY TORTUGAS. A TROPICAL STORM WARNING AND A HURRICANE WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE FLORIDA KEYS...EAST OF THE SEVEN MILE BRIDGE TO OCEAN REEF AND FLORIDA BAY. AT 800AM EDT...1200Z...THE GOVERNMENT OF THE CAYMAN ISLANDS HAS REPLACED THE HURRICANE WARNING FOR THE CAYMAN ISLANDS WITH A TROPICAL STORM WARNING FOR CAYMAN BRAC AND LITTLE CAYMAN ISLANDS. ALL WARNINGS HAVE BEEN DISCONTINUED FOR GRAND CAYMAN ISLAND. A TROPICAL STORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT ALONG THE FLORIDA WEST COAST SOUTH OF BONITA BEACH...AND ALONG THE FLORIDA EAST COAST SOUTH OF GOLDEN BEACH. A TROPICAL STORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT ALONG THE FLORIDA WEST COAST NORTH OF BONITA BEACH TO LONGBOAT KEY. A HURRICANE OR TROPICAL STORM WARNING MEANS THAT HURRICANE OR TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS...RESPECTIVELY...ARE EXPECTED WITHIN THE WARNING AREA WITHIN THE NEXT 24 HOURS. PREPARATIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY SHOULD BE RUSHED TO COMPLETION IN THE HURRICANE WARNING AREA. A HURRICANE OR TROPICAL STORM WATCH MEANS THAT HURRICANE OR TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS...RESPECTIVELY...ARE POSSIBLE WITHIN THE WATCH AREA...GENERALLY WITHIN 36 HOURS. INTERESTS ELSEWHERE IN THE WESTERN CARIBBEAN SEA...FLORIDA...AND THE EASTERN GULF OF MEXICO SHOULD MONITOR THE PROGRESS OF THIS SYSTEM. AT 8 AM EDT...1200Z...THE EYE OF HURRICANE DENNIS WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 20.9 NORTH...LONGITUDE 79.5 WEST OR ABOUT 230 MILES... 370 KM...SOUTHEAST OF HAVANA CUBA AND ABOUT 285 MILES...460 KM... SOUTH-SOUTHEAST OF KEY WEST FLORIDA. DENNIS IS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTHWEST NEAR 12 MPH ...19 KM/HR. DENNIS HAS MADE A SLIGHT WOBBLE AND HAS SLOWED DOWN SLIGHTLY DURING THE PAST 6 HOURS. HOWEVER...A GENERAL MOTION TO THE NORTHWEST... ALONG WITH A GRADUAL INCREASE FORWARD SPEED...IS EXPECTED TO RESUME LATER TODAY AND CONTINUE DURING THE NEXT 24 HOURS. ON THIS TRACK...THE EYE OF DENNIS WILL REACH THE SOUTH-CENTRAL COAST OF CUBA LATER TODAY. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS REMAIN NEAR 135 MPH...215 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER GUSTS. DENNIS IS A CATEGORY FOUR HURRICANE ON THE SAFFIR-SIMPSON SCALE. SOME ADDITIONAL STRENGTHENING IS POSSIBLE BEFORE LANDFALL IN CUBA.
I saw some of the destruction in Grand Cayman while we were there in February. It was terrible.......I pray they don't get hit again!
Just to add, no sign of Hurricane Dennis here, at 18:32 local time temp is 85.6F, a gentle breeze and isolated white clouds on a bright blue sky. It has been hot and sunny all day with a max of 93F...... just like yesterday :lol:
it's time Bags are packed, leaving Ottawa at 7:00am - ETA in Cancun 19:30pm I am so excited... Thanks for the the good tips leading up to the trip and making me feel better about the weather. You guys have an awesome site See on the beaches! :lol:
Sunny and hot Saturday, Temp is 93°, no wind at all in the afternoon, ocean is back to calm, normal and friendly and no clouds in the sky.
Ana you said the ocean was calm -- is this considered calm? I'm at the Westin (southern tip) and I thought the waves were pretty serious - biggies up to 8 feet.
Ana lives on the bay side at about Km 6, the waves are always smaller there than on the ocean side as this area is sheltered from the full force of the sea by Isla Mujeres. We were at Ana's beautiful house on Friday for lunch (yeah, another lunch with board members - tough job but someone has to do it!) and the waves were only just topping over - compared to today around the ocean side the bay side waves were very small. Ana's husband had been out deepwater fishing that day so I am also sure the waves have increased today due to the Hurricane passing through a couple of hundred miles away or so.
More of the same yesterday and today. Hot and sunny, bright blue skies. Current temp at 11:46am is 93F. High over the last 48 hours has been 95F and low 79F.
