NEWS ITEM ON TROPICAL DEPRESSION NINE ISSUED BY THE BAHAMAS DEPARTMENT OF METEOROLOGY FORECAST OFFICE SECTION, AT 6AM MONDAY 29TH AUGUST 2016.
… POORLY ORGANIZED DEPRESSION MOVING INTO THE EXTREME SOUTHEASTERN GULF OF MEXICO…
AT 6AM EDT, THE CENTER OF TROPICAL DEPRESSION NINE WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 23.5°NORTH AND LONGITUDE 83.9° WEST OR ABOUT 155 MILES WEST-SOUTHWEST OF KEY WEST, FLORIDA.
TROPICAL DEPRESSION NINE IS MOVING TOWARD THE WEST NEAR 9 MPH. A TURN TOWARD THE WEST-NORTHWEST IS FORECAST TODAY, FOLLOWED BY A SLOW NORTHWESTWARD MOTION ON TUESDAY. ON THE FORECAST TRACK, THE CENTER OF THE DEPRESSION WILL BE PASSING NORTH OF THE NORTH COAST OF WESTERN CUBA TODAY AND MOVING FARTHER INTO THE SOUTHEASTERN GULF OF MEXICO BY TONIGHT.
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 35 MILES PER HOUR WITH HIGHER GUSTS. SOME STRENGTHENING IS FORECAST DURING THE NEXT 48 HOURS AND THE DEPRESSION COULD BECOME A TROPICAL STORM LATER TODAY OR TONIGHT.
