NEWS ITEMS ON TROPICAL STORM ELSA ISSUED BY THE BAHAMAS DEPARTMENT OF METEOROLOGY FORECAST OFFICE SECTION, AT 6AM THURSDAY 01ST, JULY 2021

…TROPICAL DEPRESSION 5 BECOMES TROPICAL STORM ELSA…

AT 5:00 AM AST, THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM ELSA WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 9.4 °NORTH AND LONGITUDE 48.8 ° WEST OR ABOUT 865 MILES EAST-SOUTHEAST OF THE WINDWARD ISLANDS.

ELSA IS MOVING TOWARD THE WEST AT 25 MILES PER HOUR. ON THE FORECAST TRACK, THIS SYSTEM WILL PASS NEAR OF OVER THE PORTIONS OF THE WINWARD ISLANDS OR SOUTHERN LEEWARD ISLANDS ON FRIDAY AND MOVE INTO THE CARIBBEAN SEA FRIDAY NIGHT, AND NEAR THE SOUTHERN COAST OF HISPANIOLA ON SATURDAY.

MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 40 MILES PER HOUR WITH HIGHER GUSTS. SOME ADDITIONAL STRENGTHENING IS FORECAST DURING THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS.