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6 PM News Items on Hurricane Humberto, Tropical Storm Imelda and Tropical Depression Ten
By Bahamas Department Of Meteorology
Sep 17, 2019 - 6:00:17 PM
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NEWS ITEM ON HURRICANE HUMBERTO ISSUED BY THE BAHAMAS DEPARTMENT OF METEOROLOGY FORECAST OFFICE SECTION, AT 6 PM TUESDAY 17TH SEPTEMBER 2019.
…HUMBERTO A LITTLE STRONGER AS THE LARGE HURRICANE MOVES CLOSER TO BERMUDA…
…A HURRICANE WARNING HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR BERMUDA…
AT 5 PM EDT, THE CENTER OF HUMBERTO WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 31.0°NORTH AND LONGITUDE 72.3° WEST OR ABOUT 450 MILES WEST OF BERMUDA.
HUMBERTO IS MOVING TOWARD THE EAST-NORTHEAST NEAR 12 MILES PER HOUR AND THIS GENERAL MOTION IS EXPECTED THROUGH EARLY THURSDAY, FOLLOWED BY A NORTHEASTWARD MOTION THROUGH FRIDAY.
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 105 MILES PER HOUR WITH HIGHER GUSTS.
THE NEXT NEWS ITEM WILL BE ISSUED AT 6 AM WEDNESDAY.
PREPARED BY DUTY FORECASTER: IAN V. MCKENZIE
ISSUED: 17/09/19 @ 5:09 PM
NEWS ITEM
NEWS ITEM ON TROPICAL STORM IMELDA ISSUED BY THE BAHAMAS DEPARTMENT OF METEOROLOGY FORECAST OFFICE SECTION, AT 6 PM TUESDAY 17TH SEPTEMBER 2019.
…HEAVY RAINFALL AND LIFE-THREATENING FLASH FLOODING TO SPREAD INLAND OVER THE NEXT DAY OR TWO…
AT 5 PM EDT, THE CENTER OF IMELDA WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 29.3°NORTH AND LONGITUDE 95.3° WEST OR ABOUT 30 MILES WEST OF GALVESTON TEXAS, USA.
IMELDA IS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTH NEAR 7 MILES PER HOUR AND THIS GENERAL MOTION IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE THROUGH EARLY WEDNESDAY.
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 40 MILES PER HOUR WITH HIGHER GUSTS. IMELDA IS EXPECTED TO WEAKEN TO A TROPICAL DEPRESSION AS IT MOVES FARTHER INLAND.
THE NEXT NEWS ITEM WILL BE ISSUED AT 6 AM WEDNESDAY.
PREPARED BY DUTY FORECASTER: IAN V. MCKENZIE
ISSUED: 17/09/19 @ 5:15 PM
NEWS ITEM
NEWS ITEM ON TROPICAL DEPRESSION TEN ISSUED BY THE BAHAMAS DEPARTMENT OF METEOROLOGY FORECAST OFFICE SECTION, AT 6 PM TUESDAY 17TH SEPTEMBER 2019.
…TROPICAL DEPRESSION MOVING WEST-NORTHWESTWARD…
…EXPECTED TO STRENGTHEN…
AT 5 PM EDT, THE CENTER OF TROPICAL DEPRESSION TEN WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 13.4°NORTH AND LONGITUDE 45.6° WEST OR ABOUT 1110 MILES EAST OF THE LEEWARD ISLANDS.
THE DEPRESSION IS MOVING TOWARD THE WEST-NORTHWEST AT 10 MILES PER HOUR. A west-northwestward motion at a somewhat faster forward speed is expected over the next few days. On the forecast track, the system will be near the northern Leeward Islands Thursday night or Friday.
Maximum sustained winds are near 35 mILES PER HOUR with higher gusts. Strengthening is forecast during the next couple of days, and the depression is expected to become a tropical storm tonight. The system is forecast become a hurricane by THE TIME IT MOVES NEAR THE NORTHERN LEEWARD ISLANDS.
THE NEXT NEWS ITEM WILL BE ISSUED AT 6 AM WEDNESDAY.
PREPARED BY DUTY FORECASTER: IAN V. MCKENZIE
ISSUED: 17/09/19 @ 5:28 PM
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