Tropical Depression Eighteen Moves Across The Central Atlantic

Thu, Sep 23rd 2021, 09:51 AM

NEWS ITEM ON TROPICAL DEPRESSION EIGHTEEN,ISSUED BY THE BAHAMAS DEPARTMENT OF METEOROLOGY, FORECAST OFFICE SECTION AT 6 AM EDT, THURSDAY 23RD SEPTEMBER 2021.

...TROPICAL DEPRESSION EXPECTED TO STRENGTHEN AS IT MOVES ACROSS THE TROPICAL CENTRAL ATLANTIC...

AT 5 AM EDT, THE CENTER OF TROPICAL DEPRESSION EIGHTEEN WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 10.5° NORTH AND LONGITUDE 36.4° WEST,OR ABOUT 1860 MILES EAST-SOUTHEAST  OF THE NORTHERN LEEWARD ISLANDS.

THE DEPRESSION IS MOVING TOWARD THE WEST NEAR 15 MPH AND THIS GENERAL MOTION IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE THROUGH FRIDAY.

MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 35 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS. Strengthening is forecast during the next few days, and the depression could become a tropical storm later today.  It is then forecast to become a hurricane over the weekend.

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