NEWS ITEM ON HURRICANE TEDDY ISSUED BY THE BAHAMAS DEPARTMENT OF METEOROLOGY FORECAST OFFICE SECTION AT 6AM, TUESDAY 22ND SEPTEMBER 2020.

...TEDDY HEADED FOR ATLANTIC CANADA…

AT 5 AM EDT, THE CENTER OF HURRICANE TEDDY WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 38.4° NORTH AND LONGITUDE 62.4° WEST,OR ABOUT 435 MILES SOUTH OF HALIFAX, NOVA SCOTIA.

TEDDY IS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTH-NORTHWEST NEAR 28 MPH, AND A TURN TOWARD THE NORTH-NORTHEAST IS EXPECTED BY EARLY WEDNESDAY. ON THE FORECAST TRACK, THE CENTER WILL MOVE OVER EASTERN NOVA SCOTIA ON WEDNESDAY, AND THEN NEAR OR OVER NEWFOUNDLAND BY WEDNESDAY NIGHT.

MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 100 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS. ALTHOUGH SOME WEAKENING IS LIKELY LATER TODAY AND WEDNESDAY, TEDDY SHOULD BE A STRONG POST-TROPICAL CYCLONE WHEN IT MOVES NEAR AND OVER NOVA SCOTIA.

THE NEXT NEWS ITEM WILL BE ISSUED AT NOON.

PREPARED BY DUTY FORECASTER: C. WATSON-RAHMING/P. WEEKS