This is a News Item on Subtropical Depression Leslie issued by The Bahamas Department of Meteorology Forecast Office, at 6AM, TUESDAY 25TH SEPTEMBER, 2018.
...LESLIE EXPECTED TO BECOME A POST-TROPICAL CYCLONE BY TONIGHT...
AT 5AM EDT, THE CENTER OF SUBTROPICAL DEPRESSION LESLIE WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 31.9°NORTH AND LONGITUDE 46.2° WEST OR ABOUT 1165 MILES WEST-SOUTHWEST OF THE AZORES.
THE SUBTROPICAL DEPRESSION IS MOVING TOWARD THE SOUTHEAST NEAR 8 MPH (13 KM/H). A FASTER EAST TO NORTHEAST MOTION IS EXPECTED LATER TODAY AND WEDNESDAY, FOLLOWED BY A TURN TO THE NORTH BY WEDNESDAY NIGHT.
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS REMAIN NEAR 35 MPH (55 KM/H) WITH HIGHER GUSTS. LESLIE IS EXPECTED TO LOSE ITS SUBTROPICAL CHARACTERISTICS BY TONIGHT.
STRENGTHENING AS A POST-TROPICAL CYCLONE IS EXPECTED, AND LESLIE IS FORECAST TO BECOME A LARGE AND POWERFUL POST-TROPICAL CYCLONE BY WEDNESDAY WITH WINDS APPROACHING HURRICANE FORCE.
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