NEWS ITEM ON TROPICAL STORM RENE ISSUED BY THE BAHAMAS DEPARTMENT OF METEOROLOGY FORECAST OFFICE SECTION, AT 6:00 PM MONDAY 07TH, SEPTEMBER 2020.

…DEPRESSION BECOMES TROPICAL STORM RENE …

AT 5:00PM AST, THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM RENE WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 16.1° NORTH AND LONGITUDE 22.3° WEST OR ABOUT 115 MILES EAST OF THE CABO VERDE ISLANDS.

RENE IS MOVING TOWARD THE WEST-NORTHWEST AT 12 MILES PER HOUR. ON THE FORECAST TRACK, THE CENTER OF THE CYCLONE WILL PASS NEAR OR OVER THE CABO VERDE ISLANDS TONIGHT AND EARLY TUESDAY.

MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 40 MILES PER HOUR WITH HIGHER GUSTS. GRADUAL STRENGTHENING IS FORECAST, AND RENE COULD BECOME A HURRICANE IN TWO OR THREE DAYS. 

THE NEXT NEWS ITEM WILL BE ISSUED AT 6:00 AM  PREPARED BY FORECASTER: ANASTASHIA FERNANDER 07/09/2020 21:00