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Last Updated: Nov 10, 2020 - 9:24:51 PM |
NEWS ITEM
NEWS ITEM ON TROPICAL STORM ETA ISSUED BY THE BAHAMAS DEPARTMENT OF METEOROLOGY FORECAST OFFICE SECTION, AT 5:00 PM EST, TUESDAY 10TH NOVEMBER 2020
...TROPICAL STORM WARNING ISSUED FOR THE DRY TORTUGAS AND A TROPICAL STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FOR PORTIONS OF THE WEST COAST OF FLORIDA...RISK OF FLOODING OVER SOUTH FLORIDA AND WESTERN CUBA CONTINUES...
AT 4:00 PM EST, THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM ETA WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 23.2° NORTH AND LONGITUDE 85.1° WESTOR ABOUT 90 MILES NORTH- OF THE WESTERN TIP OF CUBA.
ETA IS MOVING NORTH AT 7 MILES PER HOUR. A MOTION TOWARD THE NORTH OR NORTH-NORTHEAST IS FORECAST THROUGH WEDNESDAY NIGHT, FOLLOWED BY A TURN TOWARD THE NORTHEAST ON THURSDAY.
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 60 MILES PER HOUR WITH HIGHER GUSTS. SOME STRENGTHENING IS FORECAST THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING AND ETA COULD BE NEAR HURRICANE STRENGTH BY WEDNESDAY NIGHT OR THURSDAY MORNING. GRADUAL WEAKENING IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN THURSDAY AFTERNOON OR EVENING.
THE NEXT NEWS ITEM WILL BE ISSUED AT 5:00 AM WEDNESDAY.
PREPARED BY DUTY FORECASTER: IAN V. MCKENZIE
ISSUED: 10/11/2020@ 4:45 PM
NEWS ITEM
NEWS ITEM ON TROPICAL STORM THETA ISSUED BY THE BAHAMAS DEPARTMENT OF METEOROLOGY FORECAST OFFICE SECTION, AT 5:00 PM EST, TUESDAY 10TH, NOVEMBER 2020
...THETA TRANSITIONS TO A TROPICAL CYCLONE OVER THE EASTERN ATLANTIC...
AT 4:00 PM EST, THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM THETA WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 29.4° NORTH AND LONGITUDE 36.2° WESTOR ABOUT 795 MILES SOUTHWEST OF THE AZORES.
THETA IS MOVING TOWARD THE EAST-NORTHEAST NEAR 14 MILES PER HOUR.
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 70 MILES PER HOUR WITH HIGHER GUSTS. LITTLE CHANGE IN STRENGTH IS FORECAST DURING THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS.
THE NEXT NEWS ITEM WILL BE ISSUED AT 5:00 AM WEDNESDAY.
THETA POSES NO THREAT TO THE BAHAMAS.
PREPARED BY DUTY FORECASTER: IAN V. MCKENZIE
ISSUED: 10/11/2020@ 4:50 PM
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