Hurricane Joaquin 6am Tuesday 6 OCT 2015

Tue, Oct 6th 2015, 11:06 AM

THIS IS A NEWS ITEM ON HURRICANE JOAQUIN ISSUED BY THE BAHAMAS DEPARTMENT OF METEOROLOGY FORECAST OFFICE SECTION AT 6AM, TUESDAY, 6TH OCTOBER, 2015.

…JOAQUIN IS MOVING NORTHEASTWARD OVER THE OPEN NORTH ATLANTIC WELL AWAY FROM LAND …

AT 5AM EDT, THE CENTER OF HURRICANE JOAQUIN WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 37.5°NORTH AND LONGITUDE 61.0°WEST OR ABOUT 420 MILES EAST-NORTHEAST OF BERMUDA.

JOAQUIN IS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTHEAST NEAR 17 MPH. A STURN TOWARD THE EAST-NORTHEAST AND AN INCREASE IN FORWARD SPEED ARE EXPECTED TODAY WITH A RAPID EAST-NORTHEASTWARD MOTION EXPECTED TUESDAY NIGHT AND WEDNESDAY.

MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 85 MILES PER HOUR (MPH) WITH HIGHER GUSTS. SLOW WEAKENING IS FORECAST DURING THE NEXT 48 HOURS AND JOAQUIN IS EXPECTED TO BECOME AN EXTRATROPICAL CYCLONE WEDNESDAY OR WEDNESDAY NIGHT.

THE NEXT NEWS ITEM WILL BE ISSUED AT NOON.

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