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Last Updated: Nov 6, 2020 - 2:52:41 PM |
ALERT #7 ON TROPICAL DEPRESSION ETA ISSUED BY THE BAHAMAS DEPARTMENT OF METEOROLOGY FRIDAY, 6TH NOVEMBER, 2020 AT 2PM EST.
…AIR FORCE RESERVE HURRICANE HUNTER AIRCRAFT APPROACHING ETA…
…ETA STILL CAUSING HEAVY RAINS AND LIFE-THREATENING FLOODING OVER PORTIONS OF CENTRAL AMERICA…
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 1PM EST, THE CENTER OF TROPICAL DEPRESSION ETA WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 17.9 DEGREES NORTH AND LONGITUDE 86.9 DEGREES WEST, OR ABOUT 95 MILES EAST-NORTHEAST OF BELIZE CITY BELIZE, OR ABOUT 375 MILES WEST-SOUTHWEST OF GRAND CAYMAN, OR ABOUT 740 MILES SOUTHWEST OF KEMPS BAY ANDROS, OR ABOUT 783 MILES SOUTHWEST OF NEW PROVIDENCE.
THE DEPRESSION IS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTH-NORTHEAST NEAR 6 MPH. A TURN TOWARD THE NORTHEAST AND A FASTER FORWARD SPEED ARE EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON, 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 CENTRAL OR WESTERN CUBA SATURDAY NIGHT AND SUNDAY.
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 35 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS. ETA IS FORECAST TO BECOME A TROPICAL STORM AGAIN LATER THIS AFTERNOON OR TONIGHT, 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 5PM EST FRIDAY, 6TH NOVEMBER, 2020.
ISSUED BY: KAYLINDA WARD-FORBES
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