…DEPRESSION MOVING AWAY FROM THE NORTH CAROLINA COAST…

AT 11AM EDT, THE CENTER OF TROPICAL DEPRESSION EIGHT WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 35.5°NORTH AND LONGITUDE 73.1° WEST OR ABOUT 135 MILES EAST OF CAPE HATTERAS, NORTH CAROLINA.

TROPICAL DEPRESSION EIGHT IS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH. THIS GENERAL MOTION WITH AN INCREASE IN FORWARD SPEED IS FORECAST DURING THE NEXT DAY OR TWO OR SO.

MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 35 MILES PER HOUR WITH HIGHER GUSTS. SOME STRENGTHENING IS STILL POSSIBLE AND THE DEPRESSION COULD BECOME A TROPICAL STORM LATER TODAY.

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NEWS ITEM ON TROPICAL DEPRESSION NINE ISSUED BY THE BAHAMAS DEPARTMENT OF METEOROLOGY FORECAST OFFICE SECTION, AT 12PM WEDNESDAY 31ST AUGUST 2016.

…DEPRESSION NEARLY STATIONARY BUT SHOULD RESUME HEADING FOR THE FLORIDA GULF COAST TODAY…EXPECTED TO STRENGTHEN…

AT 11AM EDT, THE CENTER OF TROPICAL DEPRESSION NINE WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 24.6°NORTH AND LONGITUDE 88.0° WEST OR ABOUT 395 MILES SOUTH-SOUTHWEST OF APALACHICOLA FLORIDA.

TROPICAL DEPRESSION NINE IS CURRENTLY STATIONARY. A NORTH-NORTHEASTWARD MOTION IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN LATER TODAY AND A TURN TOWARD THE NORTHEAST WITH INCREASING FORWARD SPEED IS EXPECTED ON THURSDAY. ON THE FORECAST TRACK, THE CENTER OF THE TROPICAL CYCLONE WILL APPROACH THE NORTHWEST FLORIDA COAST IN THE WARNING AREA ON THURSDAY AFTERNOON.

MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 35 MILES PER HOUR WITH HIGHER GUSTS.  STRENGTHENING IS FORECAST DURING THE NEXT 48 HOURS AND THE DEPRESSION IS EXPECTED TO BECOME A TROPICAL STORM LATER TODAY AND IT COULD BE NEAR HURRICANE STRENGTH BY THE TIME LANDFALL OCCURS.