NEWS ITEM ON TROPICAL STORM IDA ISSUED BY THE BAHAMAS DEPARTMENT OF METEOROLOGY FORECAST OFFICE SECTION, AT 12PM MONDAY 21ST SEPTEMBER 2015
… …IDA EXPECTED TO SLOW DOWN LATER TODAY…
AT 11AM EDT, THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM IDA WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 20.6°NORTH AND LONGITUDE 48.0° WEST OR ABOUT 995 MILES EAST-NORTHEAST OF THE NORTHERN LEEWARD ISLANDS.
IDA IS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTH-NORTHWEST NEAR 7 MPH. A NORTH-NORTHWEST MOTION WITH A DECREASE IN FORWARD SPEED IS EXPECTED TODAY. A SLOW MEANDERING MOTION IS FORECAST TO OCCUR ON TUESDAY AND TUESDAY NIGHT.
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 50 MILES PER HOUR WITH HIGHER GUSTS. SOME STRENGTHENING IS POSSIBLE DURING THE NEXT 24 HOURS, THEN LITTLE CHANGE IN STRENGTH IS EXPECTED ON TUESDAY AND TUESDAY NIGHT.
