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Last Updated: Aug 15, 2020 - 12:03:27 PM |
NEWS ITEM
NEWS ITEM ON TROPICAL STORM JOSEPHINE ISSUED BY THE BAHAMAS DEPARTMENT OF METEOROLOGY FORECAST OFFICE SECTION AT NOON, SATURDAY 15TH AUGUST 2020
…CENTER OF JOSEPHINE PASSING TO THE NORTHEAST OF THE LEEWARD ISLANDS…
AT 11 AM AST, THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM JOSEPHINE WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 19.1° NORTH AND LONGITUDE 60.2° WESTOR ABOUT 200 MILES EAST-NORTHEAST OF THE NORTHERN LEEWARD ISLANDS.
JOSEPHINE IS MOVING TOWARD THE WEST-NORTHWEST NEAR 16 MPH, AND THIS GENERAL MOTION IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE FOR THE NEXT DAY OR TWO, FOLLOWED BY A TURN TOWARD TO THE NORTHWEST EARLY NEXT WEEK. ON THE FORECAST TRACK, THE CENTER OF JOSEPHINE IS EXPECTED TO PASS TO THE NORTHEAST OF THE LEEWARD ISLANDS TODAY AND TONIGHT.
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 45 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS. LITTLE CHANGE IN STRENGTH IS EXPECTED THROUGH TODAY. AFTER THAT, JOSEPHINE IS EXPECTED TO WEAKEN AS IT ENCOUNTERS UNFAVORABLE UPPER-LEVEL WINDS.
THE NEXT NEWS ITEM WILL BE ISSUED AT 6 PM.
PREPARED BY FORECASTER: C. WATSON-RAHMING/K. WARD-FORBES
ISSUED: 5/08/2020 @ 11:20 AM
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