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Last Updated: Nov 11, 2020 - 1:48:19 PM |
NEWS ITEM
NEWS ITEM ON HURRICANE ETA ISSUED BY THE BAHAMAS DEPARTMENT OF METEOROLOGY FORECAST OFFICE SECTION, AT 11:00 AM EST, WEDNESDAY 11TH NOVEMBER 2020
...HEAVY SQUALLS WITH TROPICAL-STORM-FORCE WINDS SPREADING ONSHORE
THE SOUTHWESTERN COAST OF FLORIDA...
...STORM SURGE WARNING ISSUED FOR A PORTION OF THE FLORIDA WEST COAST...
AT 10:00 AM EST, THE CENTER OF HURRICANE ETA WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 26.2° NORTH AND LONGITUDE 83.7° WEST OR ABOUT 115 MILES WEST-SOUTHWEST OF PORT CHARLOTTE FLORIDA.
ETA IS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTH-NORTHEAST NEAR 10 MPH (17 KM/H), AND THIS GENERAL MOTION IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE THROUGH THURSDAY. ON THE FORECAST TRACK, THE CENTER OF ETA WILL MOVE CLOSER TO BUT OFFSHORE OF THE SOUTHWEST COAST OF FLORIDA TODAY, APPROACH THE WEST-CENTRAL COAST OF FLORIDA TONIGHT, AND MOVE INLAND OVER THE NORTHERN PORTION OF THE FLORIDA PENINSULA ON THURSDAY. ETA IS EXPECTED TO MOVE NORTHEASTWARD INTO THE WESTERN ATLANTIC LATE THURSDAY OR EARLY FRIDAY.
DATA FROM NOAA DOPPLER WEATHER RADARS INDICATE THAT MAXIMUM
SUSTAINED WINDS REMAIN NEAR 75 MPH (120 KM/H) WITH HIGHER GUSTS. ETA
COULD BE NEAR HURRICANE STRENGTH TONIGHT AS IT APPROACHES THE WEST
COAST OF FLORIDA, WITH RAPID WEAKENING EXPECTED AFTER LANDFALL ON
THURSDAY.
THE NEXT NEWS ITEM WILL BE ISSUED AT 5:00 PM.
PREPARED BY DUTY FORECASTER: S. MATHER
ISSUED: 11/11/2020@ 10:30 AM
NEWS ITEM
NEWS ITEM ON TROPICAL STORM THETA ISSUED BY THE BAHAMAS DEPARTMENT OF METEOROLOGY FORECAST OFFICE SECTION, AT 11:00 AM EST, WEDNESDAY 11TH, NOVEMBER 2020
...THETA WEAKENS A LITTLE MORE OVER THE EASTERN ATLANTIC...
AT 10:00 AM EST, THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM THETA WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 29.8° NORTH AND LONGITUDE 33.3° WEST OR ABOUT 670 MILES SOUTHWEST OF THE AZORES.
THETA IS MOVING TOWARD THE EAST-NORTHEAST NEAR 10 MPH (17 KM/H), AND THIS GENERAL MOTION IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE THROUGH THE WEEKEND.
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 60 MPH (95 KM/H) WITH HIGHER GUSTS. SLOW WEAKENING IS FORECAST OVER THE NEXT FEW DAYS.
THE NEXT NEWS ITEM WILL BE ISSUED AT 5:00 PM.
THETA POSES NO THREAT TO THE BAHAMAS.
PREPARED BY DUTY FORECASTER: S. MATHER
ISSUED: 11/11/2020 @ 10:30 AM
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