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Last Updated: Oct 28, 2020 - 9:28:43 AM |
NEWS ITEM
NEWS ITEM ON HURRICANE ZETA ISSUED BY THE BAHAMAS DEPARTMENT OF METEOROLOGY FORECAST OFFICE SECTION, AT 6:00 AM WEDNESDAY 28TH, OCTOBER 2020.
...AIR FORCE HURRICANE HUNTER AIRCRAFT REPORTS THAT ZETA IS
STRENGTHENING...LIFE-THREATENING STORM SURGE AND STRONG WINDS EXPECTED ALONG PORTIONS OF THE NORTHERN GULF COAST BEGINNING AROUND MIDDAY...
AT 5:00 AM EDT, THE CENTER OF HURRICANE ZETA WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 25.1° NORTH AND LONGITUDE 91.8 ° WESTOR ABOUT 320 MILES SOUTH-SOUTHWEST OF THE MOUTH OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER.
ZETA IS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTH-NORTHWEST AT 17 MILES PER HOUR. ON THE FORECAST TRACK THE CENTER OF ZETA WILL APPROACH THE NORTHERN GULF COAST THIS MORNING AND MAKE LANDFALL IN SOUTHEASTERN LOUISIANA THIS AFTERNOON. ZETA WILL MOVE CLOSE TO AND ACROSS THE SOUTHEASTERN AND EASTERN UNITED STATES ON THURSDAY.
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS HAVE INCREASED TO NEAR 85 MILES PER HOUR WITH HIGHER GUSTS.
THE NEXT NEWS ITEM WILL BE ISSUED AT NOON.
PREPARED BY DUTY FORECASTER: IAN V. MCKENZIE
ISSUED: 28/10/2020@ 5:10 AM
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