NEWS ITEM 

THIS IS A NEWS ITEM ON TROPICAL STORM PAULETTE ISSUED BY THE BAHAMAS DEPARTMENT OF METEOROLOGY FORECAST OFFICE AT 6AM, THURSDAY, 10TH SEPTEMBER, 2020.

...PAULETTE EXPECTED TO WEAKEN SOON...

...RESTRENGTHENING FORECAST OVER THE WEEKEND... 

AT 5:00 AM EDT, THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM PAULETTE WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 20.9° NORTH AND LONGITUDE 49.0° WEST OR 935 MILES EAST-NORTHEAST OF THE NORTHERN LEEWARD ISLANDS. 

PAULETTE IS MOVING TOWARD THE WEST-NORTHWEST NEAR 10 MPH (17 KM/H) AND THIS GENERAL MOTION IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE THROUGH FRIDAY.  A NORTHWESTWARD MOTION SHOULD BEGIN FRIDAY EVENING AND CONTINUE INTO THE WEEKEND. 

MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 60 MPH (95 KM/H) WITH HIGHER GUSTS. SOME WEAKENING IS FORECAST DURING THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS. 

RESTRENGTHENING IS EXPECTED TO COMMENCE OVER THE WEEKEND. 

THE NEXT NEWS ITEM WILL BE ISSUED AT NOON. 

PREPARED BY DUTY FORECASTER: S. MATHER  10TH SEPTEMBER, 2020 @ 5:45 AM

NEWS ITEM 

THIS IS A NEWS ITEM ON TROPICAL STORM RENE ISSUED BY THE BAHAMAS DEPARTMENT OF METEOROLOGY FORECAST OFFICE AT 6AM, THURSDAY, 10TH SEPTEMBER, 2020.

...RENE CONTINUING WEST-NORTHWESTWARD ACROSS THE EASTERN TROPICAL ATLANTIC... 

AT 5:00 AM EDT, THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM RENE WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 18.2° NORTH AND LONGITUDE 34.8° WEST OR 730 MILES WEST-NORTHWEST OF THE CABO VERDE ISLANDS.

RENE IS MOVING TOWARD THE WEST-NORTHWEST NEAR 10 MPH (17 KM/H).  THIS GENERAL MOTION IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE FOR A COUPLE OF DAYS, FOLLOWED BY A TURN TOWARD THE NORTHWEST. 

MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 40 MPH (65 KM/H) WITH HIGHER GUSTS. GRADUAL STRENGTHENING IS FORECAST DURING THE NEXT 48 HOURS, AND RENE IS EXPECTED TO BE NEAR HURRICANE STRENGTH BY FRIDAY NIGHT. 

THE NEXT NEWS ITEM WILL BE ISSUED AT NOON. 

PREPARED BY DUTY FORECASTER: S. MATHER  10TH SEPTEMBER, 2020 @ 5:45AM