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Last Updated: Oct 19, 2020 - 9:13:16 AM |
NEWS ITEM
SPECIAL NEWS ITEM ON TROPICAL DEPRESSION TWENTY-SEVEN ISSUED BY THE BAHAMAS DEPARTMENT OF METEOROLOGY FORECAST OFFICE SECTION AT 9AM, MONDAY 19TH OCTOBER 2020.
...TROPICAL DEPRESSION FORMS OVER THE CENTRAL ATLANTIC...
AT 8 AM EDT, THE CENTER OF TROPICAL DEPRESSION TWENTY-SEVEN WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 25.8° NORTH AND LONGITUDE 55.5° WEST, OR ABOUT 720 MILES SOUTHEAST OF BERMUDA.
THE DEPRESSIONIS STATIONARY AND LITTLE OVERALL MOTION IS EXPECTED THROUGH TONIGHT. A SLOW WEST-NORTHWESTWARD TO NORTHWESTWARD MOTION SHOULD BEGIN ON TUESDAY, AND THIS MOTION SHOULD CONTINUE THROUGH MIDWEEK.
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 35 MPHWITH HIGHER GUSTS. GRADUAL STRENGTHENING IS FORECAST DURING THE NEXT 72 HOURS, AND THE DEPRESSION IS FORECAST TO BECOME A TROPICAL STORM LATER TODAY OR TONIGHT AND BE AT OR NEAR HURRICANE STRENGTH BY EARLY THURSDAY.
THE NEXT NEWS ITEM WILL BE ISSUED AT NOON.
PREPARED BY DUTY FORECASTER: C. WATSON-RAHMING/K. WARD-FORBES
ISSUED: 19/10/2020 @ 8:50 AM
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