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Last Updated: Sep 2, 2020 - 9:31:29 AM |
NEWS ITEM
NEWS ITEM ON TROPICAL STORM NANA ISSUED BY THE BAHAMAS DEPARTMENT OF METEOROLOGY FORECAST OFFICE SECTION AT 6 AM, WEDNESDAY 2ND SEPTEMBER 2020.
...NANA CONTINUES WESTWARD...
…LIKELY TO BECOME A HURRICANE BY TONIGHT…
AT 5 AM EDT, THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM NANA WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 17.0 °NORTHAND LONGITUDE 82.7° WEST OR ABOUT 210 MILES EAST-NORTHEAST OF LIMON, HONDURAS.
NANA IS MOVING TOWARD THE WEST NEAR 18 MPH AND THIS GENERAL MOTION WITH SOME DECREASE IN FORWARD SPEED IS EXPECTED TODAY. A WESTWARD OR WEST-NORTHWESTWARD MOTION IS EXPECTED TONIGHT AND THURSDAY. ON THE FORECAST TRACK, NANA WILL BE MOVING NEAR BUT NORTH OF THE COAST OF HONDURAS TODAY AND WILL LIKELY BE APPROACHING THE COAST OF BELIZE TONIGHT AND EARLY THURSDAY.
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 60 MILES PER HOUR WITH HIGHER GUSTS. STRENGTHENING IS EXPECTED, AND NANA IS FORECAST TO BECOME A HURRICANE LATER TODAY OR TONIGHT BEFORE IT REACHES THE COAST OF BELIZE.
THIS SYSTEM POSES NO THREAT TO THE BAHAMAS.
THE NEXT NEWS ITEM WILL BE ISSUED AT 12 PM.
PREPARED BY DUTY FORECASTER: C. WATSON-RAHMING
ISSUED: 02/09/20 @ 5:05 AM
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