Maximum sustained winds are near 165 mph...270 km/hr...with higher
gusts. Dean is a category five hurricane on the Saffir-Simpson
scale. Although some weakening is forecast as Dean crosses the
Yucatan Peninsula...Dean is expected to maintain hurricane strength
throughout 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 175
miles...280 km.

The hurricane hunter plane reported a minimum central pressure of
906 mb...26.75 inches...just before landfall.
Pazzesco, ha fatto il landfall al massimo della sua potenza!!!