NEWS ITEM ON TROPICAL STORM ETA, ISSUED BY THE BAHAMAS DEPARTMENT OF METEOROLOGY FORECAST OFFICE SECTION, AT 11AM EST, MONDAY 9TH NOVEMBER 2020.

…ETA MOVING SOUTHWESTWARD OVER THE SOUTHEASTERN GULF OF MEXICO…

…GUSTY WINDS AND HEAVY RAINS STILL OCCURRING OVER PORTION OF SOUTH FLORIDA AND THE FLORIDA KEYS… AT 10 AM EST, THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM ETA WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 24.6°NORTH AND LONGITUDE 83.4° WEST OR ABOUT 30 MILES WEST SOUTHWEST OF THE DRY TORTUGAS, OR ABOUT 210 MILES NORTH NORTHEAST OF THE WESTERN TIP OF CUBA.

TROPICAL STORM ETA IS MOVING TOWARD THE SOUTHWEST AT NEAR 14 MPH AND THIS MOTION WITH SOME REDUCTION IN FORWARD SPEED IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE THROUGH TONIGHT.

MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS HAVE DECREASED TO NEAR 60 MPH (95 KM/H) WITH HIGHER GUSTS.

****THE NEXT NEWS ITEM WILL BE ISSUED AT 5PM.****

PREPARED BY FORECASTER: MARY BUTLER