A family gather to have fun at Montaqu beach around 3 PM on Wednesday. High winds and rough seas are a telling scene on beaches around The Bahamas at this hour as killer T-storm Noel approaches.
Nassau Bahamas – Conditions continue to deteriorate around the Bahamas as Tropical Storm Noel move closer into Bahamian waters. In the capital Nassau, winds and scattered showers are picking up as the killer storm approaches. T-Storm Noel is responsible for some 22 deaths and have created mudslides in some areas in the Caribbean.
The National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) in The Bahamas have announced all island preparedness from the Tropical Storm and noted that the country’s main power supply company (BEC) will shut down at some time later today.
Around 3 PM this afternoon residents were seen in the eastern district of the capital Nassau making final preparations for the storm, collecting grocery items and medical supplies in the Harbour Bay Shopping Plaza.
BULLETIN
TROPICAL STORM NOEL INTERMEDIATE ADVISORY NUMBER 16A
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL AL162007
200 PM EDT WED OCT 31 2007
…NOEL MEANDERING NEAR THE NORTH COAST OF CUBA…
A TROPICAL STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE CUBAN PROVINCES
OF CIEGO DE AVILA…CAMAGUEY…LAS TUNAS… GRANMA…HOLGUIN…AND
SANTIAGO DE CUBA.
A TROPICAL STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE CENTRAL AND
NORTHWESTERN BAHAMAS.
INTERESTS IN SOUTHERN FLORIDA SHOULD MONITOR THE PROGRESS OF NOEL.
AS NOEL’S WIND FIELD APPROACHES SOUTHEAST FLORIDA…THE EXISTING
WIND ADVISORY AND GALE WARNING MAY BE REPLACED BY A TROPICAL STORM
WARNING. IN EITHER CASE…WINDS NEAR GALE/TROPICAL STORM FORCE ARE
LIKELY TO CONTINUE ALONG THE COAST DURING THE NEXT 24 HOURS.
FOR STORM INFORMATION SPECIFIC TO YOUR AREA…INCLUDING POSSIBLE
INLAND WATCHES AND WARNINGS…PLEASE MONITOR PRODUCTS ISSUED
BY YOUR LOCAL WEATHER OFFICE.
AT 200 PM EDT…1800Z…THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM NOEL WAS
LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 22.6 NORTH…LONGITUDE 78.8 WEST OR ABOUT 190
MILES…305 KM…SOUTH-SOUTHWEST OF NASSAU. THIS POSITION IS JUST
OFF THE NORTH COAST OF CUBA NEAR CAYO SANTA MARIA.
NOEL DRIFTED WESTWARD DURING THE PAST FEW HOURS…BUT IS CURRENTLY
NEARLY STATIONARY. A TURN TO THE NORTH IS EXPECTED LATER TODAY.
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 50 MPH…85 KM/HR…WITH HIGHER
GUSTS. SOME ADDITIONAL STRENGTHENING IS POSSIBLE DURING THE NEXT 24
HOURS.
TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 115 MILES…185
KM FROM THE CENTER.
THE LATEST MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE MEASURED BY A RECONNAISSANCE
AIRCRAFT WAS 996 MB…29.41 INCHES.
ABOVE NORMAL TIDES ARE LIKELY WITHIN THE WARNING AREAS.
NOEL IS EXPECTED TO PRODUCE TOTAL RAINFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF 5 TO 10
INCHES…WITH POSSIBLE MAXIMUM AMOUNTS OF 15 INCHES OVER THE
BAHAMAS AND EASTERN CUBA. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF 2
TO 4 INCHES ARE EXPECTED OVER HISPANIOLA. THESE RAINS…ESPECIALLY
IN HISPANIOLA AND CUBA ARE EXPECTED TO CAUSE LIFE-THREATENING FLASH
FLOODS AND MUD SLIDES.
REPEATING THE 200 PM EDT POSITION…22.6 N…78.8 W. MOVEMENT
TOWARD…STATIONARY. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS…50
MPH. MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE…996 MB.
THE NEXT ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER AT
500 PM EDT.
