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Wow, winds up to 166 mph..

Conversion table for
knots to miles per hour KTS to MPH
5 Knots = 5.8 MPH
10 Knots = 11.5 MPH
15 Knots = 17.3 MPH
20 Knots = 23.0 MPH
25 Knots = 28.8 MPH
30 Knots = 34.6 MPH
35 Knots = 40.3 MPH
40 Knots = 46.1 MPH
45 Knots = 51.8 MPH
50 Knots = 57.6 MPH
55 Knots = 63.4 MPH
60 Knots = 69.1 MPH
65 Knots = 74.9 MPH
70 Knots = 80.6 MPH
75 Knots = 86.4 MPH
80 Knots = 92.2 MPH
85 Knots = 97.9 MPH
90 Knots = 103.7 MPH
95 Knots = 109.4 MPH
100 Knots = 115.2 MPH
105 Knots = 121.0 MPH
110 Knots = 126.7 MPH
115 Knots = 132.5 MPH
120 Knots = 138.2 MPH
125 Knots = 144.0 MPH
130 Knots = 149.8 MPH
135 Knots = 155.5 MPH
140 Knots = 161.3 MPH
145 Knots = 167.0 MPH
150 Knots = 172.8 MPH

Hurricane Dean Public Advisory Number 26A

Statement as of 2:00 PM EDT on August 19, 2007

...Core of extremely dangerous Hurricane Dean nearing Jamaica...
 
A Hurricane Warning remains in effect for Jamaica and the Cayman
Islands. Preparations to protect life and property in Jamaica
should have already been completed.  Preparations in the Cayman
Islands should be rushed to completion.  
A Hurricane Warning remains in effect for the southwestern peninsula
of Haiti from west of the Haiti-dominican border to Port-au-Prince.
This will likely be downgraded to a Tropical Storm Warning later
today.
A Hurricane Watch remains in effect from Chetumal to San Felipe on
the Yucatan Peninsula of Mexico.  
 
A Tropical Storm Warning is in effect for the coast of Haiti north
of Port-au-Prince to the northern Haiti-Dominican Republic border.
A Tropical Storm Warning is also in effect for portions of eastern
Cuba...from the province of Camaguey eastward to the province of
Guantanamo.
A tropical storm watch remains in effect for the following provinces
of Cuba...Pinar del Rio...la Habana... Ciego de Avila...Sancti
Spiritus... Cienfuegos... Matanzas...and Isla de la Juventud.
  
Interests elsewhere in the western Caribbean...including
Belize...and in the southern Gulf of Mexico should closely monitor
the progress of Dean.
 
For storm information specific to your area...please monitor
products issued by your local weather office.
 
At 200 PM EDT...1800z...the center of Hurricane Dean was located
near latitude 17.1 north...longitude 76.0 west or about 80 miles...
125 km...southeast of Kingston Jamaica.
 
Dean is moving west-northwest near 18 mph...30 km/hr. A motion
between west and west-northwest is expected over the next 24 hours.
On the forecast track...the center of Dean will be passing very
near the South Coast of Jamaica over the next six to twelve hours.
 
Maximum sustained winds are near 145 mph...230 km/hr...with higher
gusts.  Dean is a category four hurricane on the Saffir-Simpson
scale.  Fluctuations in intensity are common in major hurricanes and
are possible during the next 24 hours.
 
Hurricane force winds extend outward up to 60 miles...95 km...from
the center...and tropical storm force winds extend outward up to 205
miles...335 km.
 
The latest minimum central pressure reported by an Air Force Reserve
unit reconnaissance aircraft was 930 mb...27.46 inches.
 
Coastal storm surge flooding of 7 to 9 feet above normal tide
levels...along with large and dangerous battering waves...is
possible near the center of Dean within the Hurricane Warning area.
 
Storm total rainfall amounts of 5 to 10 inches can be expected over
Jamaica...with maximum amounts of up to 20 inches. Amounts of 4 to
8 inches with maximum amounts of 12 inches are expected over the
Cayman Islands. Additional amounts of 2 to 4 inches are possible
over southern Hispaniola with maximum storm totals of 10 inches.
Eastern Cuba could receive 2 to 4 inches of rain...with maximum
amounts up to 7 inches. These rains could cause life-threatening
flash floods and mudslides.
 
Repeating the 200 PM EDT position...17.1 N...76.0 W.  Movement
toward...west-northwest near 18 mph.  Maximum sustained winds...145
mph.  Minimum central pressure...930 mb.
 
The next advisory will be issued by the National
Hurricane Center at 500 PM EDT.
 
$$
Forecaster Franklin/Rhome