NEWS ITEM ON HURRICANE DELTA ISSUED BY THE BAHAMAS DEPARTMENT OF METEOROLOGY FORECAST OFFICE SECTION, AT 5:00 PM WEDNESDAY 07TH, OCTOBER 2020

…DELTA EXPECTED TO RE-STRENGTHEN TONIGHT AND THURSDAY WHILE MOVING OVER THE SOUTHERN AND CENTRAL GULF OF MEXICO …

AT 4:00 PM CDT, THE CENTER OF HURRICANE DELTA WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 22.1° NORTH AND LONGITUDE 89.5° WEST OR ABOUT 55 MILES NORTH-NORTHEAST OF PROGRESO MEXICO OR 580 MILES SOUTHSOUTHEAST OF CAMERON LOUISIANA.

DELTA IS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTHWEST AT 17 MILES PER HOUR. ON THIS FORECAST TRACK, THE CENTER OF DELTA WILL MOVE OVER THE SOUTHERN AND CENTRAL GULF OF MEXICO THROUGH THURSDAY.

MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 85 MILES PER HOUR WITH HIGHER GUSTS. RESTRENGTHENING IS FORECAST WHEN THE HURRICANE MOVES OVER THE SOUTHERN AND CENTRAL GULF OF MEXICO THROUGH THURSDAY AND DELTA IS EXPECTED TO BECOME A MAJOR HURRICANE AGAIN.

THE NEXT NEWS ITEM WILL BE ISSUED AT 6:00 AM