News Item on Hurricane Teddy issued by The Bahamas Department of Meteorology Department Forecast Office Section at 6AM, MONDAY 21 ST SEPTEMBER 2020.

...LARGE HURRICANE TEDDY NOW HEADING NORTH... ...DANGEROUS RIP CURRENTS FORECAST ALONG WESTERN ATLANTIC BEACHES FOR SEVERAL DAYS...

AT 5 AM EDT, THE CENTER OF HURRICANE TEDDY WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 30.3° NORTH AND LONGITUDE 63.2° WEST, OR ABOUT 165 MILES SOUTHEAST OF BERMUDA. TEDDY IS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTH NEAR 9 MPH.

ALTHOUGH SOME FLUCTUATIONS IN HEADING ARE LIKELY, THE HURRICANE IS EXPECTED TO MOVE GENERALLY NORTHWARD THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING, FOLLOWED BY A TURN TOWARD THE NORTHEAST ON WEDNESDAY. THE CENTER OF TEDDY WILL PASS EAST OF BERMUDA TODAY AND THEN APPROACH NOVA SCOTIA LATE TUESDAY OR EARLY WEDNESDAY. 

MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 100 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS. LITTLE CHANGE IN STRENGTH IS EXPECTED DURING THE NEXT DAY OR SO. GRADUAL WEAKENING IS FORECAST TO BEGIN MID-WEEK, BUT THE CYCLONE IS EXPECTED TO REMAIN A LARGE AND POWERFUL HURRICANE TUESDAY, THEN BECOME A STRONG POST-TROPICAL CYCLONE WHEN IT NEARS NOVA SCOTIA BY WEDNESDAY MORNING.

THE NEXT NEWS ITEM WILL BE ISSUED AT 12 NOON.