BWS: TS Gordon “Not A Threat At This Time”
Tropical Storm Gordon is “not a threat to Bermuda at this time”, the Bermuda Weather Service said, with its closest point of approach to Bermuda within 72 hours forecast to be 1085 nm to the SE at 12.00pm on Wednesday, September 18, 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 1100 AM AST [1500 UTC], the center of Tropical Storm Gordon was located near latitude 19.2 North, longitude 45.5 West. Gordon is moving toward the west-southwest near 9 mph [15 km/h]. A west to west-southwest motion is expected during the next few days, with Gordon forecast to slow down considerably through the middle of the week.
“Maximum sustained winds are near 40 mph [65 km/h] with higher gusts. Gordon is expected to weaken to a tropical depression later today or tonight.
“Tropical-storm-force winds extend outward up to 80 miles [130 km] from the center. The estimated minimum central pressure is 1006 mb [29.71 inches].”
Graphic courtesy of the NHC:
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