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NEWS ITEM
NEWS ITEM ON TROPICAL DEPRESSION EIGHT ISSUED BY THE BAHAMAS
DEPARTMENT OF METEOROLOGY FORECAST OFFICE SECTION, AT 6:00 PM THURSDAY 23RD, JULY 2020
…DEPRESSION GETTING BETTER ORGANIZED OVER THE CENTRAL GULF OF MEXICO …
AT 5:00 PM AST, THE CENTER OF TROPICAL DEPRESSION EIGHT WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 26.1° NORTH AND LONGITUDE 90.7° WEST OR 385 MILES EAST-SOUTHEAST OF PORT OCONNOR TEXAS.
THE DEPRESSION EIGHT IS MOVING TOWARD THE WEST-NORTHWEST
NEAR 8 MILES PER HOUR. ON THE FORECAST TRACK, THE CENTER OF THE
DEPRESSION IS EXPECTED TO MOVE ACROSS THE NORTHWESTERN GULF OF MEXICO TONIGHT AND FRIDAY AND MAKE LANDFALL ALONG THE TEXAS COAST ON SATURDAY.
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 35 MILES PER HOUR WITH
HIGHER GUSTS. STRENGTHENING IS EXPECTED DURING THE NEXT 48 HOURS AND THE DEPRESSION COULD BECOME A TROPICAL STORM TONIGHT.
THE NEXT NEWS ITEM WILL BE ISSUED AT 6:00 AM FRIDAY
PREPARED BY FORECASTER: PATRICIA WEEKS
NEWS ITEM
NEWS ITEM ON TROPICAL STORM GONZALO ISSUED BY THE BAHAMAS
DEPARTMENT OF METEOROLOGY FORECAST OFFICE SECTION, AT 6:00 PM THURSDAY 23RD, JULY 2020
…GONZALO CONTINUES WESTWARD…EXPECTED TO BEGIN AFFECTING PORTIONS OF THE SOUTHERN WINDWARD ISLANDS ON SATURDAY …
AT 5:00 PM AST, THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM GONZALO WAS
LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 9.8° NORTH AND LONGITUDE 49.4° WEST OR ABOUT 810 MILES EAST OF THE SOUTHERN WINDWARD ISLANDS.
GONZALO IS MOVING TOWARD WEST NEAR 13 MILES PER HOUR. A
WESTWARD TO WEST-NORTHWESTWARD MOTION WITH AN INCREASE IN
FORWARD SPEED IS EXPECTED THROUGH THE WEEKEND. ON THE
FORECAST TRACK, THE CENTER OF GONZALO WILL APPROACH THE SOUTHERN WINDWARD ISLANDS FRIDAY NIGHT AND MOVE ACROSS THE ISLANDS SATURDAY AND SATURDAY EVENING.
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 60 MILES PER HOUR WITH
HIGHER GUSTS. SOME STRENGTHENING IS FORECAST DURING THE NEXT
DAY OR TWO AND THERE IS STILL CHANCE THAT GONZALO COULD BECOME A HURRICANE. WEAKENING IS EXPECTED AFTER GONZALO MOVES INTO THE CARIBBEAN SEA.
THE NEXT NEWS ITEM WILL BE ISSUED AT 6:00 AM FRIDAY.
PREPARED BY DUTY FORECASTER: PATRICIA WEEKS
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