NEWS ITEM ON TROPICAL STORM FIONA ISSUED BY THE BAHAMAS DEPARTMENT OF METEOROLOGY FORECAST OFFICE SECTION, AT 6:00 AM, SATURDAY 20TH AUGUST 201.
FIONA EXPECTED TO BECOME A TROPICAL DEPRESSION LATER TODAY
AT 5:00 AM EDT, THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM FIONA WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 19.2°NORTH AND LONGITUDE 46.7° WEST OR ABOUT 1000 MILES EAST OF THE LEEWARD ISLANDS.
FIONA IS MOVING TOWARD THE WEST-NORTHWEST AT 13 MPH.
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS REMAIN NEAR 40 MILES PER HOUR (MPH) WITH HIGHER GUSTS. FIONA IS FORECAST TO BECOME A TROPICAL DEPRESSION LATER TODAY AND COULD DEGENERATE INTO A REMNANT LOW ON MONDAY.
THE NEXT NEWS ITEM WILL BE ISSUED AT 12 NOON.
PREPARED BY FORECASTER: SHEZELLE MATHER
SATURDAY 20TH AUGUST 2016
