NEWS ITEM ON TROPICAL STORM PAULETTEISSUED BY THE BAHAMAS DEPARTMENT OF METEOROLOGY FORECAST OFFICE SECTION AT 6 AM, TUESDAY 22ND SEPTEMBER 2020.

...PAULETTE MOVING TOWARD THE EAST-NORTHEAST, SOUTHEAST OF THE AZORES…

AT 5 AM EDT, THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM PAULETTE WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 34.7° NORTH AND LONGITUDE 23.7° WEST,OR ABOUT 295 MILES SOUTHEAST OF THE AZORES.

PAULETTE IS MOVING TOWARD THE EAST-NORTHEAST NEAR 17 MPH. AN EAST OR EAST-NORTHEAST MOTION AT A SLOWER FORWARD SPEED IS EXPECTED THROUGH WEDNESDAY. PAULETTE IS THEN EXPECTED TO TURN SOUTHWARD AND SOUTHWESTWARD WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND THURSDAY.

MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 60 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS. WEAKENING IS FORECAST DURING THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS, AND PAULETTE IS EXPECTED TO BECOME POST-TROPICAL BY WEDNESDAY NIGHT OR THURSDAY.

THE NEXT NEWS ITEM WILL BE ISSUED AT NOON.

PREPARED BY DUTY FORECASTER: C. WATSON-RAHMING