News Item on Hurricane Lee

Tue, Sep 26th 2017, 01:36 PM

NEWS ITEM ON HURRICANE LEE ISSUED BY THE BAHAMAS DEPARTMENT OF METEOROLOGY FORECAST OFFICE SECTION, AT 6AM TUESDAY 26TH SEPTEMBER 2017.

… LEE STILL STRENGTHENING AND MOVING A LITTLE FASTER WESTWARD …

AT 5:00AM EDT, THE CENTER OF HURRICANE LEE WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 30.0° NORTH AND LONGITUDE 52.5° WEST OR ABOUT 745 MILES EAST OF BERMUDA OR 1555 MILES WEST-SOUTHWEST OF THE AZORES.

HURRICANE LEE IS MOVING TOWARD THE WEST) AT 10 MPH. A TURN TOWARD THE WEST-NORTHWEST WITH SOME DECREASE IN FORWARD SPEED IS FORECAST EARLY WEDNESDAY, FOLLOWED BY A TURN NORTHWESTWARD BY WEDNESDAY EVENING. LEE IS FORECAST TO TURN NORTHWARD AND GRADUALLY INCREASE IN FORWARD SPEED ON THURSDAY.

MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 100 MILES PER HOUR (MPH) WITH HIGHER GUSTS. SOME STRENGTHENING IS EXPECTED OVER THE NEXT 24 HOURS OR SO. A WEAKENING TREND IS EXPECTED TO COMMENCE ON WEDNESDAY.

THE NEXT NEWS ITEM WILL BE ISSUED AT NOON.

PREPARED BY FORECASTER: ORSON NIXON

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