NEWS ITEM ON TROPICAL STORM ZETA ISSUED BY THE BAHAMAS DEPARTMENT OF METEOROLOGY FORECAST OFFICE SECTION, AT 6:00 PM TUESDAY 27TH, OCTOBER 2020.

…ZETA EXPECTED TO BRING HURRICANE CONDITIONS AND STORM SURGE TO A PORTION OF THE NORTHERN GULF COAST TOMORROW …

AT 4:00 PM CDT, THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM ZETA WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 22.7° NORTH AND LONGITUDE 90.3 ° WEST OR ABOUT 450 MILES SOUTH OF THE MOUTH OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER.

ZETA IS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTHWEST AT 14 MILES PER HOUR. ON THE FORECAST TRACK THE CENTER OF ZETA WILL MOVE OVER THE CENTRAL GULF OF MEXICO TONIGHT. ZETA IS FORECAST TO APPROACH THE NORTHERN GULF COAST AND MAKE LANDFALL ON WEDNESDAY.

MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 65 MILES PER HOUR WITH HIGHER GUSTS. ZETA IS FORECAST TO BECOME A HURRICANE AGAIN TONIGHT.

THE NEXT NEWS ITEM WILL BE ISSUED AT 6:00 AM WEDNESDAY 28TH , OCTOBER 2020

PREPARED BY FORECASTER: ANASTASHIA FERNANDER