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From:TheBahamasWeekly.com Bahamas Weather  NEWS ITEM ON
HURRICANE HUMBERTO ISSUED BY THE BAHAMAS DEPARTMENT OF METEOROLOGY FORECAST OFFICE SECTION, AT 6 AM WEDNESDAY 18TH SEPTEMBER 2019.…A HURRICANE WARNING HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR BERMUDA… AT 5 AM EDT, THE EYE OF HUMBERTO WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 31.7°NORTH AND LONGITUDE 69.6° WEST OR ABOUT 285 MILES WEST OF BERMUDA.
HUMBERTO IS MOVING TOWARD THE EAST-NORTHEAST NEAR 16 MILES PER HOUR AND THIS GENERAL MOTION WITH AN INCREASE IN FORWARD SPEED IS EXPECTED THROUGH EARLY THURSDAY, FOLLOWED BY A NORTHEASTWARD TO NORTH-NORTHEASTWARD MOTION THROUGH FRIDAY.
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 115 MILES PER HOUR WITH HIGHER GUSTS.
THE NEXT NEWS ITEM WILL BE ISSUED AT NOON. PREPARED BY DUTY FORECASTER: PATRICIA WEEKSISSUED: 18/09/19 @ 5:30 AM News Item NEWS ITEM ON NEWLY FORMED TROPICAL STORM JERRY ISSUED BY THE BAHAMAS DEPARTMENT OF METEOROLOGY FORECAST OFFICE SECTION, AT 6 AM WEDNESDAY 18TH SEPTEMBER 2019. …JERRY BECOMES THE TENTH NAMED STORM OF THE 2019 SEASON… AT 5 AM EDT, THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM JERRY WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 14.1°NORTH AND LONGITUDE 47.7° WEST OR ABOUT 960 MILES EAST OF THE LEEWARD ISLANDS. JERRY IS MOVING TOWARD THE WEST-NORTHWEST NEAR 13 MILES PER HOUR. A WEST-NORTHWESTWARD MOTION AT A SLIGHTLY FASTER FORWARD SPEED IS EXPECTED OVER THE NEXT FEW DAYS. ON THE FORECAST TRACK, THE SYSTEM WILL BE NEAR THE NORTHERN LEEWARD ISLANDS THURSDAY NIGHT OR FRIDAY. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS HAVE INCREASED TO NEAR 45 MILES PER HOUR WITH HIGHER GUSTS. FURTHER STRENGTHENING IS FORECAST DURING THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS AND JERRY IS EXPECTED TO BECOME A HURRICANE BY THE TIME IT MOVES NEAR THE NORTHERN LEEWARD ISLANDS. TROPICAL STORM WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 45 MILES FROM THE CENTER. THE NEXT NEWS ITEM WILL BE ISSUED AT NOON. PREPARED BY DUTY FORECASTER: PATRICIA WEEKS ISSUED: 18/09/19 @ 5:45 AM
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