NEWS ITEM  NEWS ITEM ON HURRICANE DELTA ISSUED BY THE BAHAMAS DEPARTMENT OF METEOROLOGY FORECAST OFFICE SECTION, AT 12:00 PM TUESDAY 06TH, OCTOBER 2020

…HURRICANE HUNTER AIRCRAFT INDICATE DELTA IS NOW A CATEGORY THREE HURRICANE

… AT 11:00 AM EDT, THE CENTER OF HURRICANE DELTA WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 18.2° NORTH AND LONGITUDE 82.6° WEST OR ABOUT 320 MILES EAST-SOUTHEAST OF COZUMEL MEXICO OR ABOUT 120 MILES SOUTHWEST OF GRAND CAYMAN. 

DELTA IS MOVING TOWARD THE WEST-NORTHWEST AT 16 MILES PER HOUR. ON THE FORECAST TRACK DELTA IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE TO PASS SOUTHWEST OF THE CAYMAN ISLANDS THROUGH EARLY THIS AFTERNOON, AND MOVE OVER THE NORTHEASTERN PORTION OF THE YUCATAN PENINSULA LATE TONIGHT OR EARLY WEDNESDAY. 

MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 115 MILES PER HOUR WITH HIGHER GUSTS.  ADDITIONAL STRENGTHENING IS FORECAST DURING THE NEXT 24 HOURS.

THE NEXT NEWS ITEM WILL BE ISSUED AT 6:00 PM 

PREPARED BY FORECASTER: ANASTASHIA FERNANDER

06/10/2020 15:15 UTC