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From:TheBahamasWeekly.com Bahamas Weather
ALERT #5 ON TROPICAL DEPRESSION ETA ISSUED BY THE BAHAMAS DEPARTMENT OF METEOROLOGY, FRIDAY 6TH NOVEMBER, 2020, AT 8 AM EST. …ETA IS STILL CAUSING HEAVY RAINS AND LIFE-THREATENING FLOODING OVER PORTIONS OF CENTRAL AMERICA, AND IS CURRENTLY MOVING NORTHWARD OFF OF THE COAST OF BELIZE….. A TROPICAL STORM ALERT REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE ISLANDS OF THE NORTHWEST AND CENTRAL BAHAMAS. THIS INCLUDES THE ISLANDS OF GRAND BAHAMA, ABACO, BIMINI, BERRY ISLANDS, ANDROS, NEW PROVIDENCE, ELEUTHERA, EXUMA, CAT ISLAND, LONG ISLAND, SAN SALVADOR AND RUM CAY. A TROPICAL STORM ALERT MEANS THAT TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS COULD BE EXPERIENCED IN THE MENTIONED ISLANDS WITHIN 60 HOURS. AT 7 AM EST, THE CENTER OF TROPICAL DEPRESSION ETA WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 17.5 DEGREES NORTH AND LONGITUDE 87.3 DEGREES WEST, OR ABOUT 65 MILES EAST OF BELIZE CITY BELIZE, OR ABOUT 410 MILES WEST-SOUTHWEST OF GRAND CAYMAN, OR ABOUT 765 MILES SOUTHWEST OF KEMPS BAY ANDROS, OR ABOUT 825 MILES SOUTHWEST OF NEW PROVIDENCE. THE DEPRESSION IS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTH NEAR 7 MPH. A TURN TOWARD THE NORTHEAST IS EXPECTED LATER TODAY, WITH THIS MOTION CONTINUING THROUGH EARLY SUNDAY. ON THE FORECAST TRACK, THE CENTER OF ETA WILL MOVE ACROSS THE NORTHWESTERN CARIBBEAN SEA TODAY, APPROACH THE CAYMAN ISLANDS SATURDAY, AND BE NEAR CUBA SATURDAY NIGHT AND SUNDAY. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 35 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS. ETA IS FORECAST TO BECOME A TROPICAL STORM LATER TODAY, WITH FURTHER STRENGTHENING LIKELY THROUGH EARLY SUNDAY. RESIDENTS IN THE NORTHWEST AND CENTRAL BAHAMAS SHOULD BEGIN TO MAKE PREPARATION FOR THE POSSIBILITY OF TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS BEGINNING EARLY SUNDAY AFTERNOON. THE NEXT ALERT ON TROPICAL DEPRESSION ETA WILL BE ISSUED AT 11 AM EST FRIDAY 6TH NOVEMBER 2020. ISSUED BY: KAYLINDA WARD-FORBES
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