Bahamas Weather
NEMA Bahamas Tropical Depression #2 Alert
By NEMA Bahamas
May 28, 2016 - 8:14:22 AM


NASSAU, The Bahamas - NEWS ITEM ON TROPICAL DEPRESSION NUMBER 2 ISSUED BY THE BAHAMAS DEPARTMENT OF METEOROLOGY, FORECAST OFFICE SECTION, AT 6AM SATURDAY, 28TH MAY 2016.

DEPRESSION NUMBER 2 is RIGHT ON TRACK BUT HAS NOT STRENGTHENED.
TROPICAL STORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR COASTAL SOUTH CAROLINA.
AT 5:00AM, THE CENTER OF TROPICAL DEPRESSION TWO WAS ESTIMATED NEAR LATITUDE 29.9° NORTH, LONGITUDE 77.0° WEST OR ABOUT 265 MILES SOUTHEAST OF CHARLESTON, SOUTH CAROLINA.

THE DEPRESSION IS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTHWEST NEAR 14MPH AND THIS GENERAL MOTION IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE THROUGH SATURDAY.
A DECREASE IN FORWARD SPEED IS EXPECTED TODAY AND SUNDAY AS THE SYSTEM NEARS THE COAST IN THE WARNING AREA.

MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 35-MILES PER HOUR (MPH) WITH HIGHER GUSTS.

SOME SLIGHT STRENGTHENING IS POSSIBLE, AND THE DEPRESSION COULD BECOME A TROPICAL STORM BEFORE IT REACHES THE COAST.

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