ALERT #7 ON TROPICAL STORM CRISTOBAL ISSUED BY THE BAHAMAS DEPARTMENT OF METEOROLOGY, SUNDAY, 24TH AUGUST 2014, AT 12PM EDT.
…CRISTOBAL IS MOVING SLOWLY NORTH-NORTHWESTWARD NEAR THE SOUTHERN BAHAMAS WITH HEAVY RAINFALL LIKELY FOR THE TURKS AND CAICOS AND POSTIONS OF THE BAHAMAS…
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.
RESIDENTS AND INTERESTS IN THE NW BAHAMAS SHOULD MONITOR THE PROGRESS OF CRISTOBAL AS A TROPICAL STORM WATCH COULD BE REQUIRED LATER TODAY.
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 11AM EDT THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM CRISTOBAL WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 23.6° DEGREES NORTH AND LONGITUDE 73.1° DEGREES WEST OR ABOUT 82 MILES NORTH OF MAYAGUANA, 130 MILES EAST OF LONG ISLAND AND 285 MILES SOUTHEAST OF NASSAU.
TROPICAL STORM CRISTOBAL IS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTH-NORTHWEST NEAR 7 MILES PER HOUR AND THIS GENERAL MOTION WITH A DECREASE IN FORWARD SPEED IS EXPECTED FOR THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS. ON THE FORECAST TRACK…THE CENTER OF CRISTOBAL WILL MOVE NEAR OR OVER PORTIONS OF 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 PREPARATION 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 3PM EDT.
