Bahamas Weather
News items on Subtropical Storm Leslie and remnants of Kirk
By Bahamas Department Of Meteorology
Sep 29, 2018 - 7:43:22 AM

NEWS ITEM

NEWS ITEM ON SUBTROPICAL STORM LESLIE ISSUED BY THE BAHAMAS DEPARTMENT OF METEOROLOGY FORECAST OFFICE SECTION, AT 6AM SATURDAY 29TH SEPTEMBER 2018.

… LESLIE EXPECTED TO MEANDER OVER THE NORTH-CENTRAL ATLANTIC FOR A FEW MORE DAYS…

AT 5:00AM EDT, THE CENTER OF SUBTROPICAL STORM LESLIE WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 35.2°NORTH AND LONGITUDE 50.3° WEST OR ABOUT 855 MILES ENE OF BERMUDA OR 1300 MILES W OF THE AZORES.

SUBTROPICAL STORM LESLIE IS MOVING TOWARD THE SOUTHWEST AT 7 MPH.  A GENERAL SOUTHWESTWARD MOTION WITH A DECREASE IN FORWARD SPEED IS EXPECTED DURING THE NEXT SEVERAL DAYS.

MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS REMAIN NEAR 45 MILES PER HOUR (MPH) WITH HIGHER GUSTS. SOME STRENGTHENING IS POSSIBLE, AND LESLIE COULD TRANSITION INTO A TROPICAL CYCLONE DURING THE NEXT FEW DAYS.

THE NEXT NEWS ITEM WILL BE ISSUED AT NOON.

PREPARED BY FORECASTER: ORSON NIXON


NEWS ITEM
 
NEWS ITEM ON REMNANTS OF KIRK ISSUED BY THE BAHAMAS DEPARTMENT OF METEOROLOGY FORECAST OFFICE SECTION, AT 6AM SATURDAY 29TH SEPTEMBER 2018.

…KIRK BECOMES AN OPEN WAVE OVER THE EASTERN CARIBBEAN SEA…

AT 5:00AM EDT, THE CENTER OF REMNANTS OF KIRK WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 15.3°NORTH AND LONGITUDE 67.1° WEST.

THE REMNANTS OF KIRK IS MOVING TOWARD THE WEST-NORTHWEST AT 12 MPH.

THIS IS THE LAST NEWS ITEM ON THIS SYSTEM.

PREPARED BY FORECASTER: ORSON NIXON

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