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From:TheBahamasWeekly.com Bahamas Weather
NEWS ITEM NEWS ITEM ON HURRICANE ETA ISSUED BY THE BAHAMAS DEPARTMENT OF METEOROLOGY FORECAST OFFICE SECTION, AT 5:00 PM MONDAY 02ND NOVEMBER 2020. ...ETA BECOMES A CATEGORY 4 HURRICANE AS CONDITIONS BEGIN TO DETERIORATE ALONG THE NORTHEASTERN COAST OF NICARAGUA... ...LIFE-THREATENING STORM SURGE, CATASTROPHIC WINDS, FLASH FLOODING, AND LANDSLIDES EXPECTED ACROSS PORTIONS OF CENTRAL AMERICA... AT 4:00 PM EST, THE CENTER OF HURRICANE ETA WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 14.5° NORTH AND LONGITUDE 82.3° WEST OR ABOUT 70 MILES EAST-SOUTHEAST OF CABO GRACIAS A DIOS ON THE NICARAGUA/HONDURAS BORDER. ETA IS MOVING TOWARD THE WEST-SOUTHWEST NEAR 9 MPH (15 KM/H), AND THIS GENERAL MOTION IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE THROUGH EARLY TUESDAY. A SLOWER WESTWARD OR WEST-NORTHWESTWARD MOTION IS FORECAST TO BEGIN ON TUESDAY AND CONTINUE THROUGH THURSDAY. ON THE FORECAST TRACK, THE CENTER OF ETA IS EXPECTED TO MAKE LANDFALL ALONG THE COAST OF NICARAGUA WITHIN THE HURRICANE WARNING AREA TONIGHT OR EARLY TUESDAY. THE CENTER OF ETA IS FORECAST TO MOVE FARTHER INLAND OVER NORTHERN NICARAGUA THROUGH WEDNESDAY NIGHT, AND THEN MOVE ACROSS CENTRAL PORTIONS OF HONDURAS ON THURSDAY. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS HAVE INCREASED TO NEAR 130 MPH (215 KM/H) WITH HIGHER GUSTS. ETA IS A CATEGORY 4 HURRICANE ON THE SAFFIR-SIMPSON HURRICANE WIND SCALE. ADDITIONAL STRENGTHENING IS FORECAST UNTIL ETA REACHES THE COAST OF NICARAGUA. WEAKENING WILL BEGIN AFTER THE SYSTEM MOVES INLAND. THE NEXT NEWS ITEM WILL BE ISSUED AT 6AM TUESDAY 3RD NOVEMBER 2020. THIS SYSTEM POSES NO THREAT TO THE BAHAMAS. PREPARED BY DUTY FORECASTER: S. MATHER ISSUED: 02/11/2020 @ 4:50 PM
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