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6pm News Item on Tropical Storm Eta
By Bahamas Department of Meteorology
Nov 4, 2020 - 6:07:28 PM

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NEWS ITEM

NEWS ITEM ON TROPICAL STORM ETA ISSUED BY THE BAHAMAS DEPARTMENT OF METEOROLOGY FORECAST OFFICE SECTION AT 6PM, WEDNESDAY 4TH NOVEMBER 2020.

...ETA EXPECTED TO WEAKEN TO A DEPRESSION IN A FEW HOURS AS IT MOVES INTO HONDURAS…
…CONTINUES TO PRODUCE LIFE-THREATENING FLASH FLOODING OVER PORTIONS OF CENTRAL AMERICA…

AT 4 PM EST, THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM ETAWAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 13.9° NORTHAND LONGITUDE 85.7° WEST, OR ABOUT 100 MILES EAST OF TEGUCIGALPA, HONDURAS.

ETA IS MOVING TOWARD THE WEST NEAR 7 MPH. A WEST-NORTHWESTWARD MOTION AT A FASTER FORWARD SPEED IS EXPECTED THIS EVENING THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING. A TURN TOWARD THE NORTH, AND THEN NORTHEAST IS FORECAST THURSDAY NIGHT AND FRIDAY. ON THE FORECAST TRACK, THE CENTER OF ETA IS EXPECTED TO MOVE ACROSS HONDURAS LATER THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING. THE SYSTEM IS FORECAST TO EMERGE OVER THE GULF OF HONDURAS OR THE NORTHWESTERN CARIBBEAN SEA THURSDAY NIGHT AND FRIDAY.

 

MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NOW NEAR 40 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS. CONTINUED WEAKENING WILL OCCUR WHILE ETA MOVES OVER LAND OVER THE NEXT DAY OR TWO, AND ETA SHOULD BECOME A TROPICAL DEPRESSION DURING THE NEXT FEW HOURS.

THE NEXT NEWS ITEM WILL BE ISSUED AT 6AM (THURSDAY).

PREPARED BY DUTY FORECASTER: C. WATSON-RAHMING/P. WEEKS

ISSUED: 04/11/2020 @ 5:30 PM

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