NEWS ITEM

NEWS ITEM ON TROPICAL STORM SALLY ISSUED BY THE BAHAMAS DEPARTMENT OF METEOROLOGY FORECAST OFFICE SECTION AT 6PM, WEDNESDAY 16TH SEPTEMBER 2020. ...HEAVY RAINS FROM SALLY SPREADING NORTHWARD INTO EASTERN ALABAMA AND WESTERN GEORGIA…

…CATASTROPHIC AND LIFE-THREATENING FLOODING CONTINUES OVER PORTIONS OF THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE AND SOUTHERN ALABAMA... 

AT 5PM EDT, THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM SALLY WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 31.2° NORTH AND LONGITUDE 86.8° WEST OR ABOUT 55 MILES NORTH-NORTHEAST OF PENSACOLA FLORIDA OR ABOUT 85 MILES WEST OF DOTHAN ALABAMA.

SALLY IS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTHEAST NEAR 7 MPH (11 KM/H), AND A NORTHEASTWARD MOTION AT A SLIGHTLY FASTER FORWARD SPEED IS EXPECTED TONIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY NIGHT. 

ON THE FORECAST TRACK, THE CENTER OF SALLY WILL MOVE ACROSS SOUTHEASTERN ALABAMA TONIGHT, OVER CENTRAL GEORGIA ON THURSDAY, AND MOVE OVER SOUTH CAROLINA THURSDAY NIGHT.  MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 60 MPH (95 KM/H) WITH HIGHER GUSTS. ADDITIONAL WEAKENING IS EXPECTED AS THE CENTER MOVES FURTHER INLAND TONIGHT, AND SALLY IS FORECAST TO BECOME A TROPICAL DEPRESSION TONIGHT OR THURSDAY MORNING. 

THE NEXT NEWS ITEM WILL BE ISSUED AT 6AM ON THURSDAY.  PREPARED BY DUTY FORECASTER: K. WARD-FORBES ISSUED: WEDNESDAY, 16TH SEPTEMBER, 2020 @ 5:30PM

NEWS ITEM

NEWS ITEM ON HURRICANE TEDDY ISSUED BY THE BAHAMAS DEPARTMENT OF METEOROLOGY FORECAST OFFICE SECTION, AT 6PM WEDNESDAY, 16TH SEPTEMBER, 2020.

...TEDDY TAKES A BREAK FROM STRENGTHENING TODAY BUT IS EXPECTED TO INTENSIFY MORE SOON… 

AT 5PM EDT, THE CENTER OF HURRICANE TEDDY WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 17.5° NORTH AND LONGITUDE 50.8° WEST OR ABOUT 710 MILES EAST-NORTHEAST OF THE LESSER ANTILLES.  TEDDY IS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTHWEST NEAR 13 MPH (20 KM/H), AND THIS GENERAL MOTION IS FORECAST TO CONTINUE FOR THE NEXT FEW DAYS. 

MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 100 MPH (155KM/H) WITH HIGHER GUSTS. 

ADDITIONAL STRENGTHENING IS EXPECTED OVER THE NEXT DAY OR SO AND TEDDY IS EXPECTED TO BECOME A MAJOR HURRICANE DURING THAT TIME.  THE NEXT NEWS ITEM WILL BE ISSUED AT 6AM ON THURSDAY.

PREPARED BY DUTY FORECASTER: K. WARD-FORBES

ISSUED: WED., 14TH SEP., 2020 @ 5:30PM

NEWS ITEM

NEWS ITEM ON TROPICAL STORM VICKY ISSUED BY THE BAHAMAS DEPARTMENT OF METEOROLOGY FORECAST OFFICE SECTION, AT 6PM WEDNESDAY, 16TH SEPTEMBER, 2020.

...VICKY HEADING WEST OVER THE OPEN EASTERN TROPICAL ATLANTIC… 

AT 5PM EDT, THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM VICKY WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 21.5° NORTH AND LONGITUDE 35.7° WEST OR ABOUT 855 MILES WEST-NORTHWEST OF THE CABO VERDE ISLANDS. 

VICKY IS MOVING TOWARD THE WEST NEAR 9 MPH (15 KM/H), AND A WESTWARD MOTION IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE THROUGH LATE THURSDAY. 

A WEST-SOUTHWESTWARD MOTION IS FORECAST TO BEGIN BY FRIDAY AND CONTINUE THROUGH DISSIPATION.  MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 40 MPH (65KM/H) WITH HIGHER GUSTS.  ADDITIONAL WEAKENING IS FORECAST, AND VICKY IS EXPECTED TO BECOME A TROPICAL DEPRESSION THURSDAY, WEAKEN TO A REMNANT LOW ON FRIDAY, AND DISSIPATE SATURDAY. 

THE NEXT NEWS ITEM WILL BE ISSUED AT 6AM ON THURSDAY.

PREPARED BY DUTY FORECASTER: K. WARD-FORBES

ISSUED: WED., 14TH SEP., 2020 @ 5:30PM