NEWS ITEM ON TROPICAL STORM THETA ISSUED BY THE BAHAMAS DEPARTMENT OF METEOROLOGY FORECAST OFFICE SECTION AT 12PM, FRIDAY 13TH NOVEMBER 2020.

..THETA STILL CONTINUES EASTWARD WITH NO CHANGE IN STRENGTH…

AT 10 AM EST, THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM THETAWAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 31.7° NORTH AND LONGITUDE 23.8° WEST, OR ABOUT 470 MILES SOUTH-SOUTHEAST OF THE AZORES.

THETA IS MOVING TOWARD THE EAST NEAR 12 MPH. A TURN TOWARD THE EAST-SOUTHEAST ALONG WITH A SLOWING OF FORWARD SPEED IS EXPECTED LATER TODAY. A CONTINUED SLOW EAST-SOUTHEASTWARD MOTION IS THEN EXPECTED THROUGH THE WEEKEND, FOLLOWED BY A TURN SHARPLY TOWARD THE NORTH BY EARLY NEXT WEEK.

MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 60 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS. LITTLE CHANGE IN STRENGTH IS FORECAST TODAY. WEAKENING IS EXPECTED THROUGH THE WEEKEND, AND THETA SHOULD BECOME A REMNANT LOW ON SUNDAY.

THE NEXT NEWS ITEM WILL BE ISSUED AT 6PM.

PREPARED BY DUTY FORECASTER: C. WATSON-RAHMING