NEWS ITEM ON TROPICAL STORM SEBASTIEN ISSUED BY THE BAHAMAS DEPARTMENT OF METEOROLOGY FORECAST OFFICE SECTION, AT 6:00 AM SUNDAY 24TH NOVEMBER 2019
…SEBASTIEN ACCELERATING NORTHEASTWARD TOWARD THE WESTERN AZORES …
AT 5:00 AM AST, THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM SEBASTIEN WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 36.0° NORTH AND LONGITUDE 40.0° WEST OR ABOUT 730 MILES WEST OF THE AZORES.
SEBASTIEN IS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTHEAST AT 33 MILES PER HOUR. ON THIS FORECAST TRACK, THE CENTER OF SEBASTIEN WILL PASS NEAR THE WESTERN AZORES TONIGHT.
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 65 MILES PER HOUR WITH HIGHER GUSTS. SEBASTIEN IS FORECAST TO BECOME POST-TROPICAL TONIGHT AND THEN MERGE WITH ANOTHER WEATHER SYSTEM OVER THE NORTHEASTERN ATLANTIC ON TUESDAY.
THE NEXT NEWS ITEM WILL BE ISSUED AT 12:00 PM
PREPARED BY FORECASTER: ANASTASHIA FERNANDER
24/11/2019
