NEWS ITEM ON TROPICAL STORM COLIN ISSUED BY THE BAHAMAS DEPARTMENT OF METEOROLOGY FORECAST OFFICE SECTION, AT 12 AM(MIDNIGHT) MONDAY 6 TH JUNE 2016.
… TROPICAL STORM WARNING ISSUED FOR THE ATLANTIC COAST…AT 11PM EDT, THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM COLIN WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 23.6°NORTH AND LONGITUDE 87.8° WEST OR ABOUT 450MILES SOUTHWEST OF TAMPA, FLORIDA OR 455 MILES SOUTH-SOUTHWEST OF APALACHICOLA FLORIDA.
COLIN IS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTH NEAR 9 MPH. A NORTH-NORTHEASTWARD TO NORTHEASTWARD MOTION AT A FASTER FORWARD SPEED IS EXPECTED THROUGH MONDAY. ON THIS TRACK, THE CENTER OF COLIN IS FORECAST TO APPROACH THE COAST OF THE FLORIDA BIG BEND AREA MONDAY AFTERNOON OR EVENING.
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 40 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS.SOME STRENGTHENING IS FORECAST BEFORE COLIN REACHES THE COAST OF FLORIDA.
THE NEXT NEWS ITEM WILL BE ISSUED AT 6AMPREPARED BY FORECASTER:
SHEZELLE MATHER
MONDAY 6 TH JUNE 2016. 12 AM .
