NEWS ITEM

THIS IS A NEWS ITEM ON TROPICAL STORM PAULETTE ISSUED BY THE BAHAMAS DEPARTMENT OF METEOROLOGY FORECAST OFFICE AT 12PM, THURSDAY, 10TH SEPTEMBER, 2020.

…PAULETTE A LITTLE WEAKER BUT EXPECTED TO RESTRENGTHEN IN A COUPLE OF DAYS WITH OCEAN SWELLS FORECAST TO SPREAD ACROSS SOUTHWESTERN ATLANTIC THROUGH THE WEEKEND…

AT 11:00 AM EDT, THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM PAULETTE WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 21.5° NORTH AND LONGITUDE 49.1° WEST OR 935 MILES EAST-NORTHEAST OF THE NORTHERN LEEWARD ISLANDS. 

PAULETTE IS MOVING TOWARD THE WEST-NORTHWEST NEAR 10 MILES PER HOUR.  A WEST-NORTHWESTWARD OR NORTHWESTWARD MOTION WITH SOME INCREASE IN FORWARD SPEED IS EXPECTED THROUGH THE WEEKEND. 

MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS HAVE DECREASED TO NEAR 50 MILES PER HOUR WITH HIGHER GUSTS. SOME ADDITIONAL SLIGHT WEAKENING IS EXPECTED DURING THE NEXT DAY OR SO BUT PAULETTE IS THEN FORECAST TO RESTRENGTHEN BY SATURDAY. PAULETTE COULD BECOME A HURRICANE BY SUNDAY OR MONDAY THE NEXT NEWS ITEM WILL BE ISSUED AT 6PM. 

PREPARED BY DUTY FORECASTER: GREGORY D. THOMPSON 10TH SEPTEMBER, 2020 @ 11:45 AM

NEWS ITEM

THIS IS A NEWS ITEM ON TROPICAL STORM RENE ISSUED BY THE BAHAMAS DEPARTMENT OF METEOROLOGY FORECAST OFFICE AT 12PM, THURSDAY, 10TH SEPTEMBER, 2020.

…RENE IS STRONGER…

AT 11:00 AM EDT, THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM RENE WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 18.6° NORTH AND LONGITUDE 35.8° WEST OR 800 MILES WEST-NORTHWEST OF THE CABO VERDE ISLANDS. RENE IS MOVING TOWARD THE WEST-NORTHWEST NEAR 12 MILES PER HOUR.

THIS GENERAL MOTION IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE FOR THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS FOLLOWED BY A TURN TOWARD THE NORTHWEST. 

MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 50 MILES PER HOUR WITH HIGHER GUSTS. ADDITIONAL STRENGTHENING IS FORECAST FOR THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS AND RENE IS EXPECTED TO BECOME A HURRICANE BY SATURDAY.

THE NEXT NEWS ITEM WILL BE ISSUED AT 6PM. 

PREPARED BY DUTY FORECASTER: GREGORY D. THOMPSON

10TH SEPTEMBER, 2020 @ 11:45 AM