NEWS ITEM ON HURRICANE HUMBERTO ISSUED BY THE BAHAMAS DEPARTMENT OF METEOROLOGY FORECAST OFFICE SECTION, AT 6:00 PM WEDNESDAY 18TH, SEPTEMBER 2019
…HURRICANE-FORCE WINDS ACROSS THE ISLAND OF BERMUDA …
AT 5:00 PM AST, THE CENTER OF HURRICANE HUMBERTO WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 33.0°NORTH AND LONGITUDE 66.3° WEST OR ABOUT 100 MILES WEST-NORTHWEST OF BERMUDA.
HUMBERTO IS MOVING TOWARD THE EAST-NORTHEAST AT 20 MILES PER HOUR. ON THE FORECAST TRACK, THE CORE OF HUMBERTO IS EXPECTED TO PASS JUST TO THE NORTHWEST AND NORTH OF BERMUDA LATER TONIGHT.
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 120 MILES PER HOUR WITH HIGHER GUSTS. SOME FLUCTUATIONS IN INTENSITY ARE LIKELY DURING THE NEXT DAY OR SO.
THE NEXT NEWS ITEM WILL BE ISSUED AT 6:00 AM
PREPARED BY FORECASTER: S.SEARS/A.FERNANDER
21:30Z 18/09/2019
NEWS ITEM ON TROPICAL STORM JERRY ISSUED BY THE BAHAMAS DEPARTMENT OF METEOROLOGY FORECAST OFFICE SECTION, AT 6:00 PM WEDNESDAY 18TH, SEPTEMBER 2019
…TROPICAL STORM WATCHES ISSUED FOR PARTS OF THE LEEWARD ISLANDS …
AT 5:00 PM AST, THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM JERRY WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 15.0°NORTH AND LONGITUDE 50.5° WEST OR ABOUT 765 MILES EAST OF THE LEEWARD ISLANDS.
JERRY IS MOVING TOWARD THE WEST-NORTHWEST AT 15 MILES PER HOUR. ON THIS FORECAST TRACK THE CENTER OF JERRY WILL BE NEAR OR NORTH OF THE NORTHERN LEEWARD ISLANDS FRIDAY AND PASS NORTH OF PUERTO RICO ON SATURDAY.
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 60 MILES PER HOUR WITH HIGHER GUSTS. JERRY IS FORECAST TO BECOME A HURRICANE ON THURSDAY WITH LITTLE CHANGE IN STRENGTH ANTICIPATED ON FRIDAY OR SATURDAY
THE NEXT NEWS ITEM WILL BE ISSUED AT 6:00 AM
PREPARED BY FORECASTER: S. SEARS/A.FERNANDER
21:30Z 18/09/2019
