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6am News Items on TS Beta & Wilfred, Hurricane Teddy
By Bahamas Department of Meteorology
Sep 19, 2020 - 7:15:17 AM

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NEWS ITEM

NEWS ITEM ON HURRICANE TEDDY ISSUED BY THE BAHAMAS DEPARTMENT OF METEOROLOGY FORECAST OFFICE SECTION, AT 6:00 AM SATURDAY 19TH, SEPTEMBER 2020

…LARGE SWELLS THAT CAN CAUSE RIP CURRENTS WILL AFFECT MOST OF THE WESTERN ATLANTIC COASTS, INCLUDING THE BAHAMAS, THROUGH THE WEEKEND…

AT 5:00 AM AST, THE CENTER OF HURRICANE TEDDY WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 24.9° NORTH AND LONGITUDE 58.2° WEST OR ABOUT 650 MILES SOUTHEAST OF BERMUDA. 

TEDDY IS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTHWEST AT 14 MILES PER HOUR. ON THE FORECAST TRACK, TEDDY WILL APPROACH BERMUDA ON SUNDAY AND MOVE NEAR OR EAST OF THE ISLAND LATE SUNDAY AND EARLY MONDAY.

MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 125 MILES PER HOUR WITH HIGHER GUSTS.  

THE NEXT NEWS ITEM WILL BE ISSUED AT 12:00 PM 

PREPARED BY FORECASTER: ANASTASHIA FERNANDER

19/09/2020 09:40 UTC

NEWS ITEM

NEWS ITEM ON TROPICAL STORM WILFRED ISSUED BY THE BAHAMAS DEPARTMENT OF METEOROLOGY FORECAST OFFICE SECTION, AT 6:00 AM SATURDAY 19TH, SEPTEMBER 2020.

…WOEFUL WILFRED HEADING WEST-NORTHWESTWARD…

AT 5:00 AM AST, THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM WILFRED WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 13.1° NORTH AND LONGITUDE 36.9° WEST OR ABOUT 885 MILES WEST OF THE CABO VERDE ISLANDS. WILFRED IS MOVING TOWARD THE WEST-NORTHWEST AT 17 MILES PER HOUR.  

MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 40 MILES PER HOUR WITH HIGHER GUSTS. A GENERAL WEAKENING TREND SHOULD BEGIN BY LATE SUNDAY AND WILFRED IS FORECAST TO BECOME REMNANT LOW IN A FEW DAYS. 

THE NEXT NEWS ITEM WILL BE ISSUED AT 12:00 PM 

PREPARED BY FORECASTER: ANASTASHIA FERNANDER

19/09/2020 09:25 UTC


NEWS ITEM 

NEWS ITEM ON TROPICAL STORM BETA ISSUED BY THE BAHAMAS DEPARTMENT OF METEOROLOGY FORECAST OFFICE SECTION, AT 6:00 AM SATURDAY 19TH, SEPTEMBER 2020

…BETA FORECAST TO STRENGTHEN AS IT SLOWLY APPROACHES THE TEXAS COAST…

AT 4:00 AM CDT, THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM BETA WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 26.0° NORTH AND LONGITUDE 92.5° WEST OR ABOUT 290 MILES EAST OF THE MOUTH OF THE RIO GRANDE OR 300 MILES SOUTHWEST OF THE MOUTH OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER. 

BETA IS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTH AT EIGHT MILES PER HOUR. ON THE FORECAST TRACK BETA WILL SLOWLY APPROACH THE TEXAS COAST INTO EARLY NEXT WEEK.  MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 60 MILES PER HOUR WITH HIGHER GUSTS.  SLOW STRENGTHENING IS FORECAST, AND BETA IS EXPECTED TO BECOME A HURRICANE ON SUNDAY.

THE NEXT NEWS ITEM WILL BE ISSUED AT 12:00 PM 

PREPARED BY FORECASTER: ANASTASHIA FERNANDER

19/09/2020 09:10 UTC


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