NEWS ITEM ON TROPICAL STORM FIONA ISSUED BY THE BAHAMAS DEPARTMENT OF METEOROLOGY FORECAST OFFICE SECTION, AT 6:00AM THURSDAY 18TH AUGUST, 2016
AT 5AM EDT, THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM FIONA WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 16.2°NORTH AND LONGITUDE 40.3° WEST OR ABOUT 1080 MILES WEST OF THE CAPE VERDE ISLANDS.
TROPICAL STORM FIONA IS MOVING TOWARD THE WEST-NORTHWEST AT 16 MPH AND THIS GENERAL MOTION WITH SOME DECREAS IN FORWARD SPPED IS EXPECTED DURING THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS.
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 45 MILES PER HOUR WITH HIGHER GUSTS AND SOME ADDITIONALLY STRENGTHENING IS POSSIBLE TODAY FOLLOWED BY SLOW WEAKENIN BY THE WEEKEND.
THE NEXT NEWS ITEM WILL BE ISSUED AT NOON
PREPARED BY FORECASTER: BASIL A. DEAN
6AM THURSDAY 18TH AUGUST, 2016
