DEAN WEAKENING TO A TROPICAL WAVE;
ALL WARNINGS AND WATCHES DISCONTINUED

August 23, 2001 — Reports from an Air Force Reserve hurricane hunter aircraft indicate that Dean no longer has a closed wind circulation. At 11 a.m. EDT, the remnants of Dean were located near latitude 22.4 north, longitude 70.2 west or about 85 miles northeast of Grand Turk. The system is moving toward the northwest near 17 mph, and the remnants are expected to turn northward over the next 24 hours, according to NOAA's National Hurricane Center. (Click NOAA satellite image for larger view of what was Tropical Storm Dean on August 23, 2001 at 8:45 a.m. EDT. It's now a tropical wave. Click here to see latest satellite image.)

The aircraft reported sustained winds of 35 mph with higher gusts to the east of the remnants of the center. Although Dean is weakening, rainbands trailing the system will continue to produce locally heavy rainfall and gusty winds over Puerto Rico and portions of the Dominican Republic on Thursday.

The government of the Bahamas discontinued all warnings and watches for the Bahamas and the Turks and Caicos Islands.

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