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From:TheBahamasWeekly.com Bahamas Weather
NEWS ITEM NEWS ITEM ON HURRICANE EPSILON ISSUED BY THE BAHAMAS DEPARTMENT OF METEOROLOGY FORECAST OFFICE SECTION, AT 12PM WEDNESDAY, 21ST OCTOBER, 2020. ...EPSILON A LITTLE STRONGER… …TROPICAL STORM WARNING ISSUED FOR BERMUDA… AT 11AM EDT, THE CENTER OF HURRICANE EPSIDON WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 29.1° NORTH AND LONGITUDE 59.1° WESTOR ABOUT 405 MILES EAST-SOUTHEAST OF BERMUDA.
EPSILON IS MOVING TOWARD THE WEST-NORTHWEST NEAR 12MPH (19KM/H). A WEST-NORTHWESTWARD MOTION AT A SLOWER FORWARD SPEED IS EXPECTED TODAY. A TURN TOWARD THE NORTHWEST IS EXPECTED TONIGHT, FOLLOWED BY A TURN TOWARD THE NORTH BY THURSDAY NIGHT. ON THE FORECAST TRACK, THE CENTER OF EPSILON IS FORECAST TO MAKE ITS CLOSEST APPROACH TO BERMUDA THURSDAY AFTERNOON OR EVENING. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 90 MPH (150KM/H) WITH HIGHER GUSTS. SOME ADDITIONAL STRENGTHENING IS POSSIBLE TODAY, FOLLOWED BY LITTLE CHANGE IN STRENGTH INTO THE WEEKEND. THE NEXT NEWS ITEM WILL BE ISSUED AT 6PM. PREPARED BY DUTY FORECASTER: K. WARD-FORBES ISSUED: WED., 21ST OCT., 2020 @ 11:50AM
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