NEWS ITEM ON TROPICAL STORM FRED ISSUED BY THE BAHAMAS DEPARTMENT OF METEOROLOGY FORECAST OFFICE SECTION, AT 06:00 AM SUNDAY, 30TH AUGUST, 2015.

…SIXTH TROPICAL STORM OF THE 2015 HURRICANE SEASON DEVELOPS OVER THE FAR EASTERN ATLANTIC …

AT 5:00 AM EDT, THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM FRED WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 12.4°NORTH AND LONGITUDE 18.9°WEST OR ABOUT 405 MILES EAST-SOUTHEAST (ESE) OF THE SOUTHERNMOST CAPE VERDE ISLANDS.

FRED IS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTHWEST NEAR 12 MPH. THIS GENERAL MOTION IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE THROUGH TUESDAY.ON THIS FORECAST TRACK, TROPICAL STORM FRED IS EXPECTED TO MOVE THROUGH THE CAPE VERDE ISLANDS BY MONDAY OR EARLY TUESDAY.

 MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS HAVE INCREASED TO NEAR 40 MILES PER HOUR (MPH) WITH HIGHER GUSTS. ADDITIONAL STRENGTHENING IS FORECAST DURING THE NEXT 48 HOURS, FRED COULD REACH HURRICANE STRENGTH LATE MONDAY OR ON TUESDAY.