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Last Updated: Nov 4, 2020 - 9:57:25 AM |
NEWS ITEM
NEWS ITEM ON TROPICAL STORM ETA ISSUED BY THE BAHAMAS DEPARTMENT OF METEOROLOGY FORECAST OFFICE SECTION AT 5AM, WEDNESDAY 4TH NOVEMBER 2020.
..ETA WEAKENS TO A TROPICAL STORM...
...LIFE-THREATENING FLASH FLOODING OCCURRING OVER PORTIONS OF
CENTRAL AMERICA...
AT 4 AM EST, THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM ETA WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 13.8° NORTH AND LONGITUDE 84.7° WEST, OR ABOUT 90 MILES WEST OF PUERTO CABEZAS, NICARAGUA.
ETA IS MOVING TOWARD THE WEST NEAR 8 MPH (13 KM/H). A FASTER WEST-NORTHWESTWARD MOTION IS EXPECTED THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING. A TURN TOWARD THE NORTH, AND THEN NORTHEAST IS FORECAST THURSDAY NIGHT AND FRIDAY. ON THE FORECAST TRACK, THE CENTER OF ETA IS EXPECTED TO MOVE OVER NORTHERN NICARAGUA THROUGH THIS MORNING, AND THEN MOVE
ACROSS THE CENTRAL PORTIONS OF HONDURAS THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING. THE SYSTEM IS FORECAST TO EMERGE OVER THE NORTHWESTERN CARIBBEAN SEA ON FRIDAY.
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS HAVE DECREASED TO NEAR 70 MPH (110 KM/H) WITH HIGHER GUSTS. CONTINUED WEAKENING WILL OCCUR WHILE ETA MOVES OVER LAND DURING THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS, AND ETA SHOULD BECOME A TROPICAL DEPRESSION TONIGHT.
THE NEXT NEWS ITEM WILL BE ISSUED AT NOON.
PLEASE CONTINUE TO PAY ATTENTION TO UPDATES ON THIS STORM AS IT HAS THE POTENTIAL TO CURVE, MOVING IN NEAR TO THE FLORIDA CAYS BY MONDAY 9TH OF NOVEMBER 2020.
PREPARED BY DUTY FORECASTER: S. MATHER
ISSUED: 04/11/2020 @ 4:50 AM
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