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From:TheBahamasWeekly.com Bahamas Weather NEWS ITEM ON HURRICANE JERRY ISSUED BY THE BAHAMAS DEPARTMENT OF METEOROLOGY FORECAST OFFICE SECTION, AT 6:00 AM FRIDAY 20TH SEPTEMBER 2019 …JERRY EXPECTED TO PASS TO THE NORTH OF THE LEEWARD ISLANDS LATER TODAY … AT 5:00 AM AST, THE CENTER OF HURRICANE JERRY WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 18.4°NORTH AND LONGITUDE 58.7° WEST OR ABOUT 290 MILES EAST OF THE NORTHERN LEEWARD ISLANDS. JERRY IS MOVING TOWARD THE WEST-NORTHWEST AT 16 MILES PER HOUR. ON THIS FORECASTED TRACK THE CENTER OF JERRY WILL PASS WELL TO EAST-NORTHEAST OF THE SOUTHEASTERN BAHAMAS ON SUNDAY. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 105 MILES PER HOUR WITH HIGHER GUSTS. A GRADUAL WEAKENING TREND IS FORECAST TO BEGIN LATER TODAY. JERRY IS EXPECTED TO REMAIN A HURRICANE FOR THE NEXT FEW DAYS. THE NEXT NEWS ITEM WILL BE ISSUED AT 12:00 PM PREPARED BY FORECASTER: ANASTASHIA FERNANDER 20/09/2019 0930Z
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