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From:TheBahamasWeekly.com Bahamas Weather
NEWS ITEM ON HURRICANE LAURA, ISSUED BY THE BAHAMAS DEPARTMENT OF METEOROLOGY FORECAST OFFICE SECTION AT 6 PM EDT, WEDNESDAY 26TH AUGUST, 2020. ...WIND AND WATER LEVELS INCREASING AS EXTREMELY DANGEROUS HURRICANE LAURA TAKES AIM AT THE NORTHWEST GULF COAST… …CATASTROPHIC STORM SURGE, EXTREME WINDS, AND FLASH FLOODING EXPECTED ALONG THE NORTHWEST GULF COAST TONIGHT… AT 5 PM EDT, THE EYE OF HURRICANE LAURA WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 27.9°NORTH AND LONGITUDE 92.8° WEST OR ABOUT 155 MILES SOUTH OF LAKE CHARLES, LOUISIANA OR ABOUT 115 MILES SOUTH-SOUTHEAST OF PORT ARTHUR, TEXAS. LAURA IS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTHWEST NEAR 15 MPH. A TURN TOWARD THE NORTH-NORTHWEST AND NORTH IS EXPECTED TONIGHT, AND A NORTHWARD MOTION SHOULD CONTINUE ON THURSDAY. A NORTHEASTWARD TO EAST-NORTHEASTWARD MOTION IS EXPECTED THURSDAY NIGHT AND FRIDAY. ON THE FORECAST TRACK, LAURA WILL APPROACH THE UPPER TEXAS AND SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA COASTS THIS EVENING AND MOVE INLAND WITHIN THAT AREA TONIGHT. THE CENTER OF LAURA IS FORECAST TO MOVE OVER NORTHWESTERN LOUISIANA TOMORROW, ACROSS ARKANSAS THURSDAY NIGHT, AND OVER THE MID-MISSISSIPPI VALLEY ON FRIDAY. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS HAVE INCREASED TO NEAR 145 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS. LAURA IS AN EXTREMELY DANGEROUS CATEGORY 4 HURRICANE ON THE SAFFIR-SIMPSON HURRICANE WIND SCALE. SOME ADDITIONAL STRENGTHENING IS POSSIBLE THIS EVENING BEFORE LAURA REACHES THE NORTHWEST GULF COAST OVERNIGHT. RAPID WEAKENING IS EXPECTED AFTER LAURA MOVES INLAND. THE NEXT NEWS ITEM WILL BE ISSUED AT 6 AM (THURSDAY). PREPARED BY DUTY FORECASTER: C. WATSON-RAHMING/K. WARD-FORBES ISSUED: 26/08/20 @ 5:25 PM
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