According to the Director of the Bermuda Weather Service, Dr. Mark Guishard: “The Bermuda Weather Service is suffering connectivity issues so we are on backup power and cellular service. www.weather.bm will necessarily have some down time because of this. However we can share updates via Facebook and will continue our hourly phone ins to the Emergency Broadcast Station 100.1FM at 30 minutes past the hour.
“The eye of Category 1 Hurricane Paulette is approaching Bermuda with hurricane force gusts evident from 2:00AM local time. The northern eye wall is seen on radar about 10 miles/16km to the SE at 3am local time approaching and likely to affect Bermuda with hurricane force winds over the next hour.”
The latest update via NHC is as follows:
Hurricane Paulette Intermediate Advisory Number 29A NWS National Hurricane Center Miami FL AL172020 200 AM AST Mon Sep 14 2020 ...NORTHERN EYEWALL OF PAULETTE MOVING ONSHORE BERMUDA... ...HURRICANE-FORCE WIND GUSTS AND TORRENTIAL RAINS RAKING BERMUDA... SUMMARY OF 200 AM AST...0600 UTC...INFORMATION ---------------------------------------------- LOCATION...31.7N 64.4W ABOUT 45 MI...75 KM SSE OF BERMUDA MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...85 MPH...140 KM/H PRESENT MOVEMENT...NW OR 315 DEGREES AT 13 MPH...20 KM/H MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...973 MB...28.73 INCHES.