NEWS ITEM
NEWS ITEM ON HURRICANE HANNA ISSUED BY THE BAHAMAS DEPARTMENT OF METEOROLOGY FORECAST OFFICE SECTION, AT 6:00 PM SATURDAY 25TH, JULY 2020.
...HANNA STRENGTHENS SOME MORE AS IT NEARS THE TEXAS COAST...
...HURRICANE CONDITIONS OCCURRING ON PORTIONS OF PADRE ISLAND...
AT 5 PM EDT, THE CENTER OF HURRICANE HANNA WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 26.8° NORTH AND LONGITUDE 97.2° WEST OR ABOUT 20 MILES NORTHEAST OF PORT MANSFIELD TEXAS.
HANNA IS MOVING TOWARD THE WEST-SOUTHWEST NEAR 8 MPH (13 KM/H) AND THIS MOTION IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE THROUGH SUNDAY. ON THE FORECAST TRACK, THE CENTER OF HANNA SHOULD MAKE LANDFALL ALONG THE TEXAS COAST WITHIN THE HURRICANE WARNING AREA LATER THIS AFTERNOON OR EARLY THIS EVENING. AFTER LANDFALL, THE CENTER OF HANNA WILL MOVE INLAND OVER SOUTH TEXAS TONIGHT AND MOVE INTO NORTHEASTERN MEXICO ON SUNDAY.
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 90 MPH (150 KM/H) WITH HIGHER GUSTS. SOME SLIGHT STRENGTHENING IS STILL POSSIBLE BEFORE HANNA MAKES LANDFALL IN A FEW HOURS. RAPID WEAKENING IS EXPECTED AFTER HANNA MOVES INLAND.
THE NEXT NEWS ITEM WILL BE ISSUED AT 6AM SUNDAY 26TH JULY 2020
PREPARED BY DUTY FORECASTER: S. MATHER
ISSUED: SATURDAY, 25TH JULY 2020 @ 5:15 PM
NEWS ITEM
NEWS ITEM ON REMNANTS OF GONZALO ISSUED BY THE BAHAMAS DEPARTMENT OF METEOROLOGY FORECAST OFFICE AT 6PM, SATURDAY 25TH JULY 2020.
...REMNANTS OF GONZALO MOVING ACROSS THE FAR SOUTHEAST CARIBBEAN...
AT 5 PM AST, THE REMNANTS OF GONZALO WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 11.0 NORTH, LONGITUDE 63.0 WEST, OR ABOUT 125 MILES WEST-NORTHWEST OF TRINIDAD. THE REMNANTS OF GONZALO ARE FORECAST TO MOVE GENERALLY WESTWARD ACROSS THE SOUTHERN CARIBBEAN FOR THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS.
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 35 MPH (55 KM/H) WITH HIGHER GUSTS. GUSTY CONDITIONS ASSOCIATED WITH SQUALLS WILL BE POSSIBLE AS THE REMNANTS OF GONZALO MOVE WESTWARD.
THIS IS THE LAST NEWS ITEM ON THIS SYSTEM.
PREPARED BY DUTY FORECASTER: S. MATHER
ISSUED: SATURDAY, 25TH JULY 2020 @ 5:15 PM
