NEWS ITEM ON
TROPICAL STORM OLGA, ISSUED BY THE BAHAMAS DEPARTMENT OF METEOROLOGY FORECAST OFFICE SECTION, AT 6 PM, FRIDAY 25TH OCTOBER 2019.
…DEPRESSION BECOMES TROPICAL STORM OLGA…
…EXPECTED TO MERGE WITH A COLD FRONT AND BECOME A POST-TROPICAL LOW WITH GALE FORCE WINDS DURING THE NEXT FEW HOURS…
AT 5 PM EDT, THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM OLGA WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 26.3°NORTH AND LONGITUDE 93.2° WEST OR ABOUT 260 MILES SOUTH OF LAKE CHARLES, LOUISIANA.
OLGA IS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTH-NORTHEAST NEAR 18 MILES PER HOUR AND THIS MOTION IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE WITH AN INCREASE IN FORWARD SPEED DURING THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS. ON THE FORECAST TRACK, THE CENTER OF OLGA SHOULD MOVE OVER THE NORTHER GULF COAST LATE TONIGHT OR EARLY SATURDAY AND THEN MOVE THROUGH THE MISSISSIPPI AND OHIO RIVER VALLEYS LATER SATURDAY THROUGH SUNDAY.
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NOW NEAR 40 MILES PER HOUR WITH HIGHER GUSTS. OLGA IS EXPECTED TO MERGE WITH A COLD FRONT AND BECOME A POST TROPICAL LOW WITH GALE-FORCE WINDS DURING THE NEXT FEW HOURS BEFORE THE CENTER REACHES THE GULF COAST.
THE NEXT NEWS ITEM WILL BE ISSUED AT 6 AM.
PREPARED BY DUTY FORECASTER: S. SEARS/GREGORY D. THOMPSON
ISSUED: 25/10/19 @ 2130 UTC.
NEWS ITEM ON
TROPICAL STORM PABLO, ISSUED BY THE BAHAMAS DEPARTMENT OF METEOROLOGY FORECAST OFFICE SECTION, AT 6 PM, FRIDAY 25TH OCTOBER 2019.
…SMALL TROPICAL STORM FORMS IN THE NORTHEAST ATLANTIC…
AT 5 PM EDT, THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM PABLO WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 35.8°NORTH AND LONGITUDE 32.2° WEST OR ABOUT 325 MILES WEST-SOUTHWEST OF THE AZORES.
PABLO IS MOVING TOWARD THE EAST-SOUTHEAST NEAR 10 MILES PER HOUR AND THIS MOTION IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE TONIGHT, FOLLOWED BY A GRADUAL TURN TOWARD THE NORTHEAST AND AN INCREASE IN FORWARD SPEED. ON THIS TRACK, THE SMALL CORE OF PABLO WILL PASS NEAR OR OVER THE AZORES THIS WEEKEND.
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 45 MILES PER HOUR WITH HIGHER GUSTS. NO SIGNIFICANT CHANGE IN STRENGTH IS ANTICIPATED, AND PABLO IS EXPECTED TO BECOME AN EXTRATROPICAL CYCLONE IN A COUPLE OF DAYS TO THE NORTHEAST OF THE AZORES.
THE NEXT NEWS ITEM WILL BE ISSUED AT 6 AM.
PREPARED BY DUTY FORECASTER: S. SEARS/GREGORY D. THOMPSON
ISSUED: 25/10/19 @ 2130 UTC.
