NEWS ITEM ON TROPICAL DEPRESSION TWENTY-FIVE ISSUED BY THE BAHAMAS DEPARTMENT OF METEOROLOGY FORECAST OFFICE SECTION, AT 6:00 PM FRIDAY 02ND, OCTOBER 2020

…DEPRESSION LIKELY TO BECOME A TROPICAL STORM TONIGHT

… AT 4:00 PM CDT, THE CENTER OF TROPICAL DEPRESSION TWENTY-FIVE WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 18.8° NORTH AND LONGITUDE 85.3° WEST OR ABOUT 155 MILES SOUTHEAST OF COZUMEL MEXICO.  DEPRESSION TWENTY-FIVE IS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTHWEST AT 9 MILES PER HOUR. ON THE FORECAST TRACK, THE CENTER OF THE TROPICAL CYCLONE SHOULD BE NEAR THE NORTHEASTERN YUCATAN PENINSULA ON SATURDAY. 

MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 35 MILES PER HOUR WITH HIGHER GUSTS. SOME STRENTHENING IS FORECAST, AND THE DEPRESSION IS EXPECTED TO BECOME A TROPICAL STORM TONIGHT. 

THE NEXT NEWS ITEM WILL BE ISSUED AT 6:00 AM  

PREPARED BY FORECASTER: ANASTASHIA FERNANDER

02/10/2020 21:16 UTC