NEWS ITEM
NEWS ITEM ON TROPICAL DEPRESSION SEVENTEEN,ISSUED BY THE BAHAMAS DEPARTMENT OF METEOROLOGY FORECAST OFFICE SECTION, AT 12 PM, FRIDAY 25TH OCTOBER 2019.
… TROPICAL DEPRESSION FORMS IN THE WESTERN GULF OF MEXICO…
…EXPECTED TO BECOME A GALE-FORCE POST-TROPICAL LOW TONIGHT…
AT 11 AM EDT, THE CENTER OF TROPICAL DEPRESSION SEVENTEEN WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 25.6°NORTH AND LONGITUDE 94.4° WESTOR ABOUT 320 MILES SOUTH-SOUTHWEST OF LAKE CHARLES, LOUISIANA.
THE DEPRESSION IS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTH NEAR 16 MILES PER HOUR. A MOTION TOWARD THE NORTH-NORTHEAST AT A FASTER FORWARD SPEED IS EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH SUNDAY. ON THE FORECAST TRACK, THE CENTER OF THE CYCLONE SHOULD MOVE ACROSS THE NORTHWESTERN GULF OF MEXICO THIS AFTERNOON, AND THEN MOVE OVER THE NORTHERN GULF COAST TONIGHT OR SATURDAY MORNING.
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 35 MILES PER HOUR WITH HIGHER GUSTS. THE CYCLONE IS EXPECTED TO MERGE WITH A COLD FRONT AND BECOME A POST TROPICAL LOW WITH GALE FORCE WINDS TONIGHT BEFORE THE CENTER REACHES THE GULF COAST.
THE NEXT NEWS ITEM WILL BE ISSUED AT 6 PM.
PREPARED BY DUTY FORECASTER: C. WATSON-RAHMING/P. WEEKS
ISSUED: 25/10/19 @ 1545 UTC.
