News Item on Subtropical Depression one issued by The Bahamas Department of Meteorology Forecast Office Section, at 12PM Wednesday, April 19th, 2017.

...SUBTROPICAL DEPRESSION FORMS IN THE CENTRAL ATLANTIC...

...EXPECTED TO BE SHORT LIVED...

At 11:00 EST, the center of Subtropical Depression one was located near Latitude 31.9°North and Longitude 40.9° West or about 890 miles West-SouthWest of the Azores.

SUBTROPICAL DEPRESSION ONE IS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTH-NORTHEAST NEAR 8 MPH.

MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 35 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS. LITTLE CHANGE IN STRENGTH IS FORECAST TODAY AND THE SUBTROPICAL DEPRESSION IS FORECAST TO BECOME ABSORBED BY A LARGE EXTRATROPICAL LOW ON THURSDAY.

THE NEXT NEWS ITEM WILL BE ISSUED AT 6PM IF NECESSARY.

PREPARED BY DUTY FORECASTER: IAN V. MCKENZIE