Hurricane Teddy expected to move north

21 Sep 2020 / Bermuda

At 800am AST (1200 UTC), the center of Hurricane Teddy was located near latitude 30.5 North, longitude 63.0 West. Teddy is moving toward the north-northeast near 9 mph (15 km/h). Although some fluctuations in heading are likely, the hurricane is expected to move generally northward through Tuesday evening, followed by a turn toward the northeast on Wednesday.

The center of Teddy will pass east of Bermuda today, and then approach Nova Scotia late Tuesday or early Wednesday.

Maximum sustained winds are near 100 mph (155 km/h) with higher gusts. Little change in strength is expected during the next day or so. Gradual weakening is forecast to begin mid-week, but the cyclone is expected to remain a large and powerful hurricane Tuesday, then become a strong post-tropical cyclone when it nears Nova Scotia by Wednesday morning.

Teddy is a large hurricane. Hurricane-force winds extend outward up to 70 miles (110 km) from the center and tropical-storm-force winds extend outward up to 230 miles (370 km)…

Tropical storm conditions are expected to affect Bermuda into Monday night. Tropical storm conditions could begin over Nova Scotia on Tuesday afternoon.

Large swells generated by Teddy are affecting Bermuda, the Lesser Antilles, the Greater Antilles, the Bahamas, the east coast of the United States, and Atlantic Canada. These swells are likely to cause life-threatening surf and rip current conditions...

From Tuesday through Thursday, Teddy is expected to produce rainfall accumulations of 2 to 4 inches (50 to 100 mm) with isolated totals of 6 inches (150 mm) across sections of Atlantic Canada.

(For information about operations in the Americas, contact the GAC Houston Hub Agency Center at [email protected])

Source: Extracts from National Hurricane Center, Miami FL, Hurricane Teddy Intermediate Advisory No.36A issued at 800am AST on Mon 21 September 2020

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