NEWS ITEM ON TROPICAL STORM ETA ISSUED BY THE BAHAMAS DEPARTMENT OF METEOROLOGY FORECAST OFFICE SECTION AT 6AM, TUESDAY 10TH NOVEMBER 2020.
...ETA LINGERING JUST NORTH OF THE YUCATAN CHANNEL...
...RISK OF FLOODING OVER SOUTH FLORIDA AND WESTERN CUBA CONTINUES...
AT 4 AM EST, THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM ETA WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 22.9° NORTH AND LONGITUDE 85.5° WEST, OR ABOUT 80 MILES NORTH-NORTHWEST OF THE WESTERN TIP OF CUBA.
ETA IS MOVING TOWARD THE SOUTHWEST NEAR 16 MPH, ETA IS
STATIONARY, AND LITTLE OVERALL MOTION IS FORECAST TODAY, WITH A
SLOW NORTHWARD MOTION IS EXPECTED TONIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY.
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 50 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS. SOME STRENGTHENING IS FORECAST DURING THE NEXT DAY OR TWO. FOLLOWED BY WEAKENING LIKELY STARTING THURSDAY.
THE NEXT NEWS ITEM WILL BE ISSUED AT 12PM.
PREPARED BY DUTY FORECASTER: S. SEARS
ISSUED: 1011/2020 @ 5:00 AM
NEWS ITEM ON SUBTROPICAL STORM THETA ISSUED BY THE BAHAMAS DEPARTMENT OF METEOROLOGY FORECAST OFFICE SECTION AT 6AM, TUESDAY 10TH NOVEMBER 2020.
...THETA EXPECTED TO REMAIN OVER THE EASTERN ATLANTIC FOR THE
NEXT SEVERAL DAYS...
AT 4 AM EST, THE CENTER OF SUBTROPICAL STORM THETA WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 28.8° NORTH AND LONGITUDE 39.5° WEST, OR ABOUT 960 MILES SOUTHWEST OF THE AZORES.
THETA IS MOVING TOWARD THE EAST NEAR 12 MPH, AN EASTWARD TO EAST NORTHEASTWARD MOTION ACROSS THE EASTERN ATLANTIC IS EXPECTED DURING THE NEXT FEW DAYS.
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 50 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS. LITTLE CHANGE IN STRENGTH IS EXPECTED DURING THE NEXT FEW DAYS.
THE NEXT NEWS ITEM WILL BE ISSUED AT 12PM.
PREPARED BY DUTY FORECASTER: S. SEARS
ISSUED: 1011/2020 @ 5:10 AM
