THIS IS A NEWS ITEM ON TROPICAL STORM NATE ISSUED BY THE BAHAMAS DEPARTMENT OF METEOROLOGY FORECAST OFFICE SECTION AT 6AM SUNDAY 8TH OCTOBER 2017.
…NATE MOVING FURTHER INLAND OVER MISSISSIPPI AND ALABAMA…
…RAPID WEAKENING ANTICIPATED…
AT 5AM EDT, THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM NATE WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 28.4°NORTH AND LONGITUDE 88.4° WEST OR ABOUT 80 MILES NORTH-NORTHEAST OF BILOXI MISSISSIPPI OR ABOUT 135 MILES WEST-SOUTHWEST OF MONTGOMERY ALABAMA.
NATE IS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTH-NORTHWEST NEAR 23 MILES PER HOUR. A TURN TOWARD THE NORTHEAST WITH AN INCREASE IN FORWARD SPEED IS EXPECTED DURING THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS. ON THE FORECAST TRACK, NATE’S CENTER WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE INLAND ACROSS THE DEEP SOUTH, TENNESSEE VALLEY AND CENTRAL APPALACHIAN MOUNTAINS THROUGH MONDAY.
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 70 MILES PER HOUR WITH HIGHER GUSTS. NATE IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE TO QUICKLY WEAKEN AS IT MOVES FARTHER INLAND. IT SHOULD DEGENERATE INTO A REMNANT LOW LATE MONDAY.
THE NEXT NEWS ITEM WILL BE ISSUED AT NOON.
