NEWS ITEM ON TROPICAL STORM GAMMA ISSUED BY THE BAHAMAS DEPARTMENT OF METEOROLOGY FORECAST OFFICE SECTION, AT NOON  SUNDAY 04TH, OCTOBER 2020 …GAMMA LOCATED OVER THE EXTREME SOUTHERN GULF OF MEXICO

… AT 11:00 AM EDT, THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM GAMMA WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 22.0° NORTH AND LONGITUDE 88.2° WEST OR ABOUT 115 MILES EAST-NORTHEAST OF PROGRESO MEXICO AND ABOUT 40 MILES NORTH OR RIO LAGARTOS MEXICO.

GAMMA IS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTH NEAR 2 MILES PER HOUR.  ON THE FORECAST TRACK, THE CENTER OF GAMMA WILL MEANDER OFFSHORE OF THE NORTHERN YUCATAN PENINSULA AND OVER THE EXTREME SOUTHERN GULF OF MEXICO TODAY. 

MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 60 MILES PER HOUR WITH HIGHER GUSTS.  LITTLE CHANGE IN STRENGTH IS EXPECTED THIS EVENING.  

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

PREPARED BY FORECASTERS: PATRICIA WEEKS/C.WATSON-RAHMING

04/10/2020  

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