NEWS ITEM ON TROPICAL STORM HERMINE ISSUED BY THE BAHAMAS DEPARTMENT OF METEOROLOGY FORECAST OFFICE SECTION, AT 6PM WEDNESDAY 31ST AUGUST 2016.
…HERMINE HEADED FOR THE FLORIDA COAST….
AT 5PM EDT, THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM HERMINE WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 25.5°NORTH AND LONGITUDE 87.4° WEST OR ABOUT 325 MILES SOUTH-SOUTHWEST OF APALACHICOLA FLORIDA.
HERMINE IS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTH-NORTHEAST NEAR 7 MPH AND THIS MOTION WITH AN INCREASE IN FORWARD SPEED IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE THROUGH THURSDAY. ON THE FORECAST TRACK, THE CENTER WILL BE NEAR THE COAST ON THURSDAY NIGHT.
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 45 MILES PER HOUR WITH HIGHER GUSTS. ADDITIONAL STRENGTHENING IS FORECAST DURING THE NEXT 36 HOURS AND HERMINE COULD BE NEAR HURRICANE STRENGHT BY THE TIME LANDFALL OCCURS.
