News Item on Hurricane Cristobal

Tue, Aug 26th 2014, 01:17 PM

NEWS ITEM ON HURRICANE CRISTOBAL ISSUED BY THE BAHAMAS DEPARTMENT OF METEOROLOGY FORECAST OFFICE SECTION, AT N00N TUESDAY 26TH AUGUST 2014.

… CRISTOBAL MOVING NORTHWARD …EXPECTED TO PASS NORTHWEST OF BERMUDA TOMORROW…

AT 11:00 AM EDT, THE CENTER OF HURRICANE CRISTOBAL WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 27.2°NORTH AND LONGITUDE 71.7° WEST OR ABOUT 336 MILES EAST-NORTHEAST (ENE) OF ABACO OR 545 MILES SOUTHWEST (SW) OF BERMUDA.

CRISTOBAL IS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTH NEAR 12 MPH AND A NORTHWARD TO NORTHEASTWARD TURN IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE THROUGH TONIGHT. A TURN TOWARD THE NORTHEAST AND AN INCREASE IN FORWARD SPEED IS FORECAST WEDNESDAY AND WEDNESDAY NIGHT. ON THE FORECAST TRACK…THE CENTER OF CRISTOBAL IS EXPECTED TO PASS NORTHWEST OF BERMUDA ON WEDNESDAY.

MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 75 MILES PER HOUR (MPH) WITH HIGHER GUSTS. SOME STRENGTHENING IS FORECAST DURING THE NEXT 48 HOURS.

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

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