NEWS ITEM ON TROPICAL STORM DORIAN ISSUED BY THE BAHAMAS DEPARTMENT OF METEOROLOGY FORECAST OFFICE SECTION, AT 12 PM SUNDAY 25TH AUGUST 2019.
…NEW TROPICAL STORM WARNINGS AND WATCHES ISSUED AS DORIAN CONTINUES WESTWARD…
AT 11 AM EDT, THE CENTER OF DORIAN WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 11.2 °NORTH AND LONGITUDE 52.9° WEST OR ABOUT 465 MILES EAST-SOUTHEAST OF BARBADOS.
DORIAN IS MOVING TOWARD THE WEST AT 14 MILES PER HOUR. THIS MOTION SHOULD CONTINUE THROUGH TONIGHT. A TURN TOWARD THE WEST-NORTHWEST ON MONDAY, WITH THIS MOTION CONTINUING THROUGH TUESDAY NIGHT. ON THE FORECAST TRACK, THE CENTER OF DORIAN IS EXPECTED TO BE NEAR THE WINDWARD ISLANDS LATE MONDAY OR EARLY TUESDAY AND MOVE INTO THE EASTERN CARIBBEAN SEA ON TUESDAY.
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 40 MILES PER HOUR WITH HIGHER GUSTS. SOME STRENGTHENING IS FORECAST DURING THE NEXT 48 HOURS AND DORIAN COULD BE NEAR HURRICANE STRENGTH BY TUESDAY OVER THE EASTERN CARIBBEAN SEA.
