AN UPDATED STATEMENT ON TROPICAL DEPRESSION #4 ISSUED BY THE BAHAMAS DEPARTMENT OF METEOROLOGY SUNDAY 24TH AUGUST 2014 AT 6:30AM EDT.
…. TROPICAL DEPRESSION STRENGTHENS TO TROPICAL STORM …
NOAA AND AIR FORCE RESERVE HURRICANE HUNTER AIRCRAFT DATA INDICATE THAT THE DEPRESSION HAS STRENGTHENED TO TROPICAL STORM CRISTOBAL.
A TROPICAL STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE ISLANDS OF THE CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST BAHAMAS WHICH INCLUDES CAT ISLAND, RUM CAY, SAN SALVADOR, LONG ISLAND, EXUMA AND ITS CAYS, ACKLINS, CROOKED ISLAND, LONG CAY, RAGGED ISLAND, MAYAGUANA AND INAGUA.
A TROPICAL STORM WARNING ALSO REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE TURKS AND CAICOS ISLANDS
A TROPICAL STORM WARNING MEANS THAT TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED SOMEWHERE WITHIN THE WARNING AREA…..IN THIS CASE WITHIN THE NEXT 12 HOURS.
AT 5AM EDT THE CENTER OF TROPICAL DEPRESSION #4 WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 22.9 DEGREES NORTH AND LONGTITUDE 73.3 DEGREES WEST OR ABOUT 40 MILES NORTH-NORTHWEST OF MAYAGUANA, 120 MILES EAST-SOUTHEAST OF LONG ISLAND AND 295 MILES SOUTHEAST OF NASSAU.
TROPICAL STORM CRISTOBAL IS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTHWEST NEAR 9 MILES PER HOUR. A NORTHWESTWARD MOTION IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE TODAY…FOLLOWED BY A TURN TOWARD THE NORTH-NORTHWEST AND A DECREASE IN FORWARD SPEED LATER TODAY AND MONDAY. ON THE FORECAST TRACK…THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM CRISTOBAL WILL MOVE NEAR OR OVER THE CENTRAL BAHAMAS THROUGH MONDAY.
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 45 MILES PER HOUR WITH HIGHER GUSTS. SOME STRENGTHENING IS FORECAST DURING THE NEXT 48 HOURS.
TROPICAL STORM CRISTOBAL IS EXPECTED TO PRODUCE RAINFALL TOTALS OF 4 TO 8 INCHES OVER THE SOUTHEASTERN AND CENTRAL BAHAMAS, AND THE TURKS AND CAICOS ISLANDS THROUGH TUESDAY WITH ISOLATED AMOUNTS AROUND 12 INCHES POSSIBLE.
RESIDENTS IN THE MENTIONED ISLANDS SHOULD HAVE COMPLETED ALL THE NECESSARY PREPERATION TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY PRIMARILY FROM FLOODING IN FLOOD PRONE AREAS AND WINDS OF UP TO TROPICAL STORM FORCE. SMALL BOATERS IN THE WARNING AREAS SHOULD REMAIN IN PORT.
THE NEXT ALERT ON TROPICAL STORM CRISTOBAL WILL BE ISSUED AT 9AM EDT.
