NEWS ITEM ON HURRICANE FRED ISSUED BY THE BAHAMAS DEPARTMENT OF METEOROLOGY FORECAST OFFICE SECTION, AT 6PM MONDAY 31ST AUGUST 2015
… HEAVY RAIN AND STRONG WINDS SPREADING OVER THE NORTHWESTERN CAPE VERDE ISLANDS …
AT 5PM EDT, THE CENTER OF HURRICANE FRED WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 17.2°NORTH AND LONGITUDE 24.6° WEST OR ABOUT 165 MILES NORTH OF THE SOUTHERN MOST CAPE VERDE ISLANDS.
HURRICANE FRED IS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTHWEST AT 12 MPH AND THIS MOTION IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE THROUGH TONIGHT. A TURN TOWARD THE WEST-NORTHWEST IS EXPECTED ON TUESDAY. ON THE FORECAST TRACK, THE CENTER OF FRED IS EXPECTED TO PASS NEAR OR OVER THE NORTHWESTERN CAPE VERDE ISLANDS THROUGH EARLY TONIGHT, AND THEN MOVE AWAY FROM THE CAPE VERDE ISLANDS ON TUESDAY.
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 80 MILES PER HOUR (MPH) WITH HIGHER GUSTS. WEAKENING IS FORECAST DURING THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS, HOWEVER, FRED IS EXPECTED TO REMAIN A HURRICANE WHILE IT PASSES NEAR THE NORTHWESTERN CAPE VERDE ISLAND EARLY TONIGHT.
