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From:TheBahamasWeekly.com Bahamas Weather
ALERT #8 ON TROPICAL DEPRESSION THIRTEEN ISSUED BY THE BAHAMAS DEPARTMENT OF METEOROLOGY, FRIDAY 21ST AUGUST 2020, AT 6 AM EDT. ...TROPICAL DEPRESSION THIRTEEN IS APPROACHING THE NORTHERN LEEWARD ISLANDS ... A TROPICAL STORM WATCH IS NOW IN EFFECT FOR THE ISLANDS OF THE SOUTHEAST BAHAMAS. THIS INCLUDES THE ISLANDS OF INAGUA, MAYAGUANA, CROOKED ISLAND, ACKLINS, RAGGED ISLAND, LONG CAY, AND SAMANA CAY. A TROPICAL STORM WATCH IS ALSO IN EFFECT FOR THE TURKS AND CAICOS ISLANDS. A TROPICAL STORM WATCH MEANS THAT TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS COULD BE EXPERIENCED WITHIN 48 HOURS. A TROPICAL STORM ALERT IS NOW IN EFFECT FOR THE ISLANDS OF THE CENTRAL BAHAMAS. THIS INCLUDES THE ISLANDS OF LONG ISLAND, CAT ISLAND, EXUMA, RUM CAY, SAN SALVADOR, SOUTH ELEUTHERA AND SOUTH ANDROS. A TROPICAL STORM ALERT MEANS THAT TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS COULD AFFECT THE MENTIONED ISLANDS WITHIN 60 HOURS. AT 5 AM EDT, THE CENTER OF TROPICAL DEPRESSION THIRTEEN WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 17.8 DEGREES NORTH AND LONGITUDE 58.5 DEGREES WEST, OR ABOUT 305 MILES EAST OF THE NORTHERN LEEWARD ISLANDS, OR ABOUT 860 MILES EAST-SOUTHEAST OF GRAND TURK AND THE TURKS AND CAICOS ISLANDS, OR ABOUT 990 MILES EAST-SOUTHEAST OF INAGUA, OR ABOUT 1,295 MILES SOUTHEAST OF NEW PROVIDENCE. THE DEPRESSION IS MOVING TOWARD THE WEST-NORTHWEST NEAR 21 MPH AND THIS MOTION IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE FOR THE NEXT FEW DAYS. ON THE FORECAST TRACK, THE DEPRESSION IS EXPECTED TO MOVE NEAR OR NORTH OF THE NORTHERN LEEWARD ISLANDS LATER TODAY, NEAR OR NORTH OF HISPANIOLA ON SATURDAY NIGHT AND IN THE VICINITY OF THE SOUTHEAST BAHAMAS AND THE TURKS AND CAICOS ISLANDS BY EARLY SUNDAY MORNING. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 35 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS. GRADUAL STRENGTHENING IS FORECAST, AND THE DEPRESSION IS LIKELY TO BECOME A TROPICAL STORM BY THE WEEK-END. LOCALIZED FLOODING AND GUSTY WINDS ARE EXPECTED IN THE AFOREMENTIONED ISLANDS AS THE SYSTEM APPROACHES. RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED OVER THE SOUTHEAST BAHAMAS AND THE TURKS AND CAICOS ISLANDS. RESIDENTS IN THE TURKS & CAICOS ISLANDS AND THE SOUTHEAST BAHAMAS SHOULD CONTINUE MAKING PREPARATION FOR TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS BEGINNING EARLY SUNDAY MORNING, AND RESIDENTS IN THE CENTRAL BAHAMAS SHOULD BEGIN TO PREPARE FOR TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS BEGINNING SUNDAY AFTERNOON. RESIDENTS IN THE NORTHWEST BAHAMAS SHOULD CONTINUE TO CLOSELY MONITOR THE ALERTS ISSUED BY THE BAHAMAS DEPARTMENT OF METEOROLOGY. THE NEXT ALERT ON TROPICAL DEPRESSION THIRTEEN WILL BE ISSUED AT 9 AM EDT. ISSUED BY: JEFFREY SIMMONS
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