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NEWS ITEM
NEWS ITEM ON TROPICAL STORM PAULETTE ISSUED BY THE BAHAMAS DEPARTMENT OF METEOROLOGY FORECAST OFFICE SECTION, AT 6:00 AM TUESDAY 08TH, SEPTEMBER 2020
...PAULETTE STRENGTHENS A LITTLE MORE OVER THE OPEN CENTRAL
TROPICAL ATLANTIC...
AT 5:00 AM EDT, THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM PAULETTE WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 18.1° NORTH AND LONGITUDE 42.8° WESTOR ABOUT 1330 MILES EAST OF THE NORTHERN LEEWARD ISLANDS.
PAULETTE IS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTHWEST NEAR 6 MILES PER HOUR AND SHOULD CONTINUE IN THIS GENERAL MOTION WITH A FASTER FORWARD SPEED LATER TODAY, THEN MOVE WEST-NORTHWESTWARD WEDNESDAY THROUGH FRIDAY.
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 50 MILES PER HOUR WITH HIGHER GUSTS. FURTHER STRENGTHENING IS FORECAST DURING THE NEXT DAY OR SO, WITH LITTLE CHANGE IN STRENGTH EXPECTED AFTERWARD THROUGH THURSDAY. SOME WEAKENING IS EXPECTED THURSDAY EVENING AND FRIDAY.
THE NEXT NEWS ITEM WILL BE ISSUED AT NOON.
PREPARED BY FORECASTER: IAN V. MCKENZIE
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TROPICAL STORM RENE ISSUED BY THE BAHAMAS DEPARTMENT OF METEOROLOGY FORECAST OFFICE SECTION, AT 6:00 AM TUESDAY 08TH, SEPTEMBER 2020.
...RENE MOVING ACROSS THE CENTRAL AND WESTERN CABO VERDE ISLANDS...EXPECTED TO PRODUCE TROPICAL-STORM-FORCE WINDS AND HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE CABO VERDE ISLANDS TODAY...
AT 5:00 AM EDT, THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM RENE WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 16.4° NORTH AND LONGITUDE 24.9° WEST OR ABOUT 40 MILES EAST-SOUTHEAST OF SANTO ANTAO CABO VERDE ISLANDS.
RENE IS MOVING TOWARD THE WEST NEAR 15 MILES PER HOUR, AND A MOTION TOWARD THE WEST-NORTHWEST IS EXPECTED OVER THE NEXT FEW DAYS. ON THE FORECAST TRACK, THE CENTER OF RENE WILL PASS OVER THE CENTRAL AND WESTERN CABO VERDE ISLANDS TODAY AND THEN MOVE AWAY FROM THE ISLANDS TONIGHT.
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 40 MILES PER HOUR WITH HIGHER GUSTS. LITTLE CHANGE IN STRENGTH IS EXPECTED TODAY, FOLLOWED BY GRADUAL STRENGTHENING TONIGHT INTO THURSDAY, WITH RENE FORECAST TO BECOME A HURRICANE IN A COUPLE OF DAYS.
THE NEXT NEWS ITEM WILL BE ISSUED AT NOON.
PREPARED BY FORECASTER: IAN V. MCKENZIE
08/09/2020 @ 5:19 AM
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