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Last Updated: Jul 5, 2021 - 7:53:07 PM |
NEWS ITEM
THIS IS A NEWS ITEM ON TROPICAL STORM ELSA ISSUED BY THE BAHAMAS DEPARTMENT OF METEOROLOGY FORECAST OFFICE AT 6PM EDT, SATURDAY, 3RDJULY, 2021.
…CENTER OF ELSA CLOSE TO THE SOUTHWESTERN PENINSULA OF HAITI…
AT 5:00 PM EDT, THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM ELSA WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 17.5° NORTH AND LONGITUDE 73.9° WESTOR 130 MILES SOUTHWEST OF PORT AU PRINCE HAITI.
ELSA IS MOVING TOWARD THE WEST-NORTHWEST NEAR 28 MILES PER HOUR. A DECREASE IN FORWARD SPEED IS EXPECTED TONIGHT AND ON SUNDAY FOLLOWED BY A TURN TOWARD THE NORTHWEST SUNDAY NIGHT AND ON MONDAY. ON THE FORECAST TRACK ELSA WILL MOVE NEAR THE SOUTHWESTERN PENINSULA OF HAITI OVER THE NEXT FEW HOURS AND THEN MOVE NEAR JAMAICA AND PORTIONS OF EASTERN CUBA ON SUNDAY.
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 70 MILES PER HOUR WITH HIGHER GUSTS. LITTLE CHANGE IN STRENGTH IS FORECAST THROUGH SUNDAY BUT GRADUAL WEAKENING IS FORECAST ON SUNDAY NIGHT AND MONDAY WHEN ELSA IS EXPECTED TO BE NEAR OR OVER CUBA.
THE NEXT NEWS ITEM WILL BE ISSUED AT 6AM SUNDAY.
PREPARED BY DUTY FORECASTER: GREGORY D. THOMPSON (CCO)
3RD JULY, 2021 @ 5:55 PM
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