NEWS ITEM ON TROPICAL STORM GONZALO ISSUED BY THE BAHAMAS DEPARTMENT OF METEOROLOGY FORECAST OFFICE SECTION AT 12 PM, FRIDAY 24TH JULY 2020.
...GONZALO ACCELERATES TOWARD THE SOUTHERN WINDWARD
ISLANDS....EXPECTED TO BRING TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS TO PORTIONS OF THE ISLANDS ON SATURDAY…..
AT 11AM EDT, THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM GONZALO WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 10.0° NORTH AND LONGITUDE 54.2° WEST, OR ABOUT 485 MILES EAST OF THE SOUTHERN WINDWARD ISLANDS.
GONZALO IS MOVING TOWARD THE WEST NEAR 18 MPH (30 KM/H). A GENERAL WESTWARD- TO WEST-NORTHWESTWARD MOTION IS EXPECTED DURING THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS. ON THE FORECAST TRACK, THE CENTER OF GONZALO WILL APPROACH THE SOUTHERN WINDWARD ISLANDS TONIGHT AND THEN MOVE ACROSS THE ISLANDS ON SATURDAY AND OVER THE EASTERN CARIBBEAN SEA ON SUNDAY.
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 50 MPH (85 KM/H) WITH HIGHER GUSTS. THERE IS CONSIDERABLE UNCERTAINTY IN THE INTENSITY FORECAST, BUT SOME STRENGTHENING IS STILL POSSIBLE DURING THE NEXT DAY OR SO BEFORE GONZALO REACHES THE SOUTHERN WINDWARD ISLANDS. WEAKENING IS EXPECTED AFTER GONZALO MOVES INTO THE CARIBBEAN SEA, AND THE CYCLONE IS EXPECTED TO DISSIPATE BY THE MIDDLE OF NEXT WEEK.
THE NEXT NEWS ITEM WILL BE ISSUED AT 6 PM.
PREPARED BY DUTY FORECASTER: S. MATHER
ISSUED: 24/07/2020 @ 12PM
NEWS ITEM ON NEWLY FORMED TROPICAL STORM HANNA ISSUED BY THE BAHAMAS DEPARTMENT OF METEOROLOGY FORECAST OFFICE SECTION AT 12PM EDT, FRIDAY 24TH JULY 2020
...NOAA HURRICANE HUNTER AIRCRAFT AND SHIP REPORTS INDICATE HANNA HAS STRENGTHENED A LITTLE.....
AT 11 AM EDT, THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM HANNA WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 27.2° NORTH AND LONGITUDE 93.2° WEST OR 260 MILES EAST OF CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS.
HANNA IS MOVING TOWARD THE WEST-NORTHWEST NEAR 9 MILES PER HOUR AND THIS MOTION SHOULD CONTINUE TODAY. A TURN TOWARD THE WEST IS EXPECTED TONIGHT, FOLLOWED BY A WESTWARD TO WEST-SOUTHWESTWARD MOTION THROUGH THE WEEKEND. ON THE FORECAST
TRACK, CENTER OF HANNA SHOULD MAKE LANDFALL ALONG THE TEXAS COAST WITHIN
THE WARNING AREA SATURDAY AFTERNOON OR EVENING.
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS HAVE INCREASED TO NEAR 45 MPH (75 KM/H) WITH HIGHER GUSTS. GRADUAL STRENGTHENING IS EXPECTED UNTIL THE TROPICAL CYCLONE MAKES LANDFALL. STEADY WEAKENING IS EXPECTED AFTER HANNA MOVES INLAND.
THE NEXT NEWS ITEM WILL BE ISSUED AT 6PM.
PREPARED BY FORECASTER: S. MATHER
ISSUED: 24/07/2020 @ 12 PM
