NEWS ITEM ON TROPICAL DEPRESSION FIFTEENISSUED BY THE BAHAMAS DEPARTMENT OF METEOROLOGY FORECAST OFFICE SECTION, AT 6:00 AM TUESDAY 15TH, OCTOBER 2019.

…POORLY ORGANIZED TROPICAL DEPRESSION EXPECTED TO PASS NEAR THE EASTERN CABO VERDE ISLANDS LATER TODAY …

AT 5:00 AM AST, THE CENTER OF TROPICAL DEPRESSION FIFTEEN WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 15.6°NORTH AND LONGITUDE 20.9° WEST OR ABOUT 210 MILES EAST OF THE CABO VERDE ISLANDS.

TROPICAL DEPRESSION FIFTEEN IS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTHWEST AT 12 MILES PER HOUR. THIS GENERAL MOTION IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE THROUGH WEDNESDAY.

MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 35 MILES PER HOUR WITH HIGHER GUSTS. THE DEPRESSION IS FORECAST TO BECOME A TROPICAL STORM LATER TODAY.

THE NEXT NEWS ITEM WILL BE ISSUED AT 12:00 PM

PREPARED BY FORECASTER: ANASTASHIA FERNANDER