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Last Updated: Jul 28, 2020 - 9:05:11 PM |
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT ON POTENTIAL TROPICAL CYCLONE NINE ISSUED BY THE BAHAMAS DEPARTMENT OF METEOROLOGY AT 8:00 PM EST WEDNESDAY 28TH JULY 2020
The Bahamas Department of Meteorology continues to closely monitor the POTENTIAL TROPICAL CYCLONE NINE which at 8 PM EDT, was located near 14.2 N and 58.7 W or about 340 miles east- southeast of The Leeward Islands. This system is moving west-northwest near 25 mph with a slight reduction in forward speed expected over the next few days. This system is forecast to move through the Leeward Islands on Wednesday, near or over the Virgin Islands and Puerto Rico Wednesday night, and near or over Hispaniola on Thursday.
Maximum sustained winds are near 40 mph with higher gusts. Some strengthening is expected during the next 48 hours and environmental conditions are expected to become more conducive for the system to become a tropical storm tonight or Wednesday.
At present this system does not have a well-defined center of circulation which can prove to be difficult in forecasting its track and intensity over the next several hours. However, based on its current forecast track, residents throughout the entire Bahamas and The Turks and Caicos Islands should continue to closely monitor the progress of this system as it has the potential to pass through the entire chain of the islands as a Tropical Storm from early Friday morning through Sunday afternoon.
Locally heavy rains and gusty winds that can result in localized flooding are possible across the Turks and Caicos Islands and the Southeast Bahamas from early Thursday and these conditions are then expected to eventually spread into the Central Bahamas by Friday morning and finally into the Northwest Bahamas Saturday morning and persist through late Sunday or early Monday.
Residents should be prepared to take quick action in the event a Tropical Storm Alert is issued sometime during the next 24-36 hours.
Ian V. McKenzie/ Michael Stubbs
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