NEWS ITEM ON TROPICAL DEPRESSION #8 ISSUED BY THE BAHAMAS DEPARTMENT OF METEOROLOGY FORECAST OFFICE SECTION, AT 6PM SUNDAY 28TH AUGUST 2016
… DEPRESSION MOVING WESTWARD…..
AT 5PM EDT, THE CENTER OF TROPICAL DEPRESSION #8 WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 31.8°NORTH AND LONGITUDE 70.9° WEST OR ABOUT 360 MILES WEST OF BERMUDA.
DEPRESSION #8 IS MOVING TOWARD THE WEST AT 9 MPH. A TURN TOWARD THE WEST-NORTHWEST IS EXPECTED TONIGHT, FOLLOWED BY A TURN TOWARD THE NORTHWEST AND A DECREASE IN FORWARD SPEED ON MONDAY AND A SLOW NORTHWESTWARD MOTION ON TUESDAY. ON THE FORECAST TRACK, THE CENTER OF THE CYCLONE WILL PASS OFFSHORE OF THE NORTH CAROLIINA OUTER BANKS LATE TUESDAY.
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 35 MILES PER HOUR (MPH) WITH HIGHER GUSTS. SOME STRENGTHENING IS POSSIBLE IN THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS AND THE DEPRESSION COULD BECOME A TROPICAL STORM ON MONDAY.
ACCORDING TO ITS PRESENT LOCATION AND TRACK THIS SYSTEM IS NO THREAT TO THE BAHAMAS.
