Hurricane Dean 3rd Most Intense Storm In Recorded History

Just behind the famed U.S. Labor Day hurricane of 1935 and Hurricane Gilbert in 1988- Dean will stand- at least for now- as the 3rd lowest barometric pressure in a hurricane as it made significant landfall at 906 millibars (mb).

Dean has made his way back out over water- in the Bay of Campeche- now heading for the east coast of Mexico (click on image for latest satellite pix). The storm is forecast to re-intensify to a Category 3 before 2nd and final landfall.

Except for reports of great surf along the South Padre Islands- Texas won't feel any effects from Dean as he's forecast to go well into Mexico.

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