NEWS ITEM ON HURRICANE GONZALO ISSUED BY THE BAHAMAS DEPARTMENT OF METEOROLOGY FORECAST OFFICE SECTION, AT 11 AM TUESDAY 14TH OCTOBER 2014.
…GONZALO IS MOVING NORTHWESTWARD OVER THE OPEN ATLANTIC OCEAN…STRENGTHENING IS EXPECTED TO RESUME LATER TODAY…
AT 11 AM EDT, THE CENTER OF GONZALO WAS LOCATED BY AN AIR FORCE HURRICANE AIRCRAFT AND NOAA DOPPLER WEATHER RADAR DATA NEAR LATITUDE 20.3° NORTH AND LONGITUDE 65.2° WEST OR ABOUT 390 MILES EAST OF GRAND TURK ISLAND OR 830 MILES SOUTH OF BERMUDA.
GONZALO IS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTHWEST AT 13 MPH AND THIS GENERAL MOTION IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE THROUGH EARLY WEDNESDAY. A TURN TOWARD THE NORTH-NORTHWEST IS FORECAST BY LATE WEDNESDAY. ON THE FORECAST TRACK, THE CENTER OF GONZALO WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE OVER THE OPEN ATLANTIC TODAY…AND REMAIN WELL TO THE EAST OF THE BAHAMAS AND THE TURKS AND CAICOS ISLANDS.
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 110MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS. STRENGTHENING IS FORECAST DURING THE NEXT 48 HOURS AND GONZALO IS EXPECTED TO BECOME A MAJOR HURRICANE TODAY. ..AND POSSIBLY BECOME A CATEGORY 4 HURRICANE BY THURSDAY.
THE NEXT NEWS ITEM WILL BE ISSUED AT 6PM.
