Tropical Storm Idalia Is A “Threat To Bermuda”
Tropical Storm Idalia is a “threat to Bermuda”, the Bermuda Weather Service said, with its closest point of approach to Bermuda within 72 hours forecast to be 85 nm to the WSW at 6.00am on Sunday [Sept 3], with the BWS noting that “this system may move closer to Bermuda after this time period depending upon its track.”
Graphic courtesy of the BWS:
The latest forecast from the U.S. National Hurricane Center said, “At 500 AM EDT [0900 UTC], the center of Tropical Storm Idalia was located near latitude 33.6 North, longitude 78.0 West. Idalia is moving toward the east-northeast near 21 mph [33 km/h], and this general motion is expected to continue this morning. An eastward to east-southeastward motion is forecast to begin later today and continue through Saturday. On the forecast track, the center of Idalia will just offshore of the coast of North Carolina today. Idalia will then move over the western Atlantic into the weekend.
“Maximum sustained winds are near 60 mph [95 km/h] with higher gusts. Little change in strength is expected today, but some gradual weakening could occur Friday and Saturday.
“Tropical-storm-force winds extend outward up to 185 miles [295 km] from the center. The estimated minimum central pressure is 991 mb [29.27 inches].”
Graphic courtesy of the NHC:
