NEWS ITEM ON HURRICANE JOSE ISSUED BY THE BAHAMAS DEPARTMENT OF METEOROLOGY FORECAST OFFICE SECTION, AT 12PM MONDAY 18TH SEPTEMBER 2017.

… TROPICAL STORM WARNING ISSUED FOR A PORTION OF SOUTHERN NEW ENGLAND … … DANGEROUS SURF AND RIP CURRENTS EXPECTED ALONG THE EAST COAST OF THE UNITED STATES …

AT 11:00AM EDT, THE CENTER OF HURRICANE JOSE WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 33.9° NORTH AND LONGITUDE 71.1° WEST OR ABOUT 265 MILES EAST-SOUTHEAST OF CAPE HATTERAS NORTH CAROLINA OR 510 MILES SOUTH OF NANTUCKET MASSACHUSETTS.

HURRICANE JOSE IS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTH AT 9 MPH AND THIS GENERAL MOTION IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE DURING THE NEXT DAY OR SO.

A TURN TO THE NORTHEAST IS EXPECTED TO OCCUR ON TUESDAY NIGHT. ON THE FORECAST TRACK, THE CENTER OF JOSE IS FORECAST TO PASS WELL OFFSHORE OF THE OUTER BANKS OF NORTH CAROLINA TODAY, PASS WELL EAST OF THE DELMARVA PENINSULA TONIGHT AND TUESDAY, AND PASS WELL TO THE EAST OF THE NEW JERSEY COAST ON WEDNESDAY.

MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 75 MILES PER HOUR (MPH) WITH HIGHER GUSTS. LITTLE CHANGE IN STRENGTH IS FORECAST DURING THE NEXT 48 HOURS.

THE NEXT NEWS ITEM WILL BE ISSUED AT 6PM.