NEWS ITEM
NEWS ITEM ON SUBTROPICAL STORM REBEKAH, ISSUED BY THE BAHAMAS DEPARTMENT OF METEOROLOGY FORECAST OFFICE AT 12 PM, THURSDAY 31ST OCTOBER, 2019.
...REBEKAH LOSING ORGANIZATION OVER THE FAR NORTH ATLANTIC OCEAN...
AT 11 AM EDT, THE CENTER OF SUBTROPICAL STORM REBEKAH WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 40.7° NORTH AND LONGITUDE 35.3° WEST OR 480 MILES WEST-NORTHWEST OF THE AZORES.
REBEKAH IS MOVING TOWARD THE EAST-NORTHEAST NEAR 18 MPH. AN EASTWARD TURN WITH SOME INCREASE IN FORWARD SPEED IS ANTICIPATED BY EARLY FRIDAY.
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS REMAIN NEAR 45 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS. THE STORM SHOULD WEAKEN AND BECOME A POST-TROPICAL CYCLONE BY THIS EVENING OR EARLY TOMORROW.
THE NEXT NEWS ITEM WILL BE ISSUED AT 6 PM.
PREPARED BY DUTY FORECASTER: C. WATSON-RAHMING/IAN V. MCKENZIE
31ST OCTOBER 2019 @ 1555 UTC.
