AT 5 AM EDT, THE CENTER OF TROPICAL DEPRESSION THIRTEEN WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 12.1° NORTH AND LONGITUDE 71.1°W, OR ABOUT 35 MILES SOUTHEAST OF THE NORTHERN TIP OF GUAJIRA PENINSULA, COLUMBIA.

THE DEPRESSION IS MOVING TOWARD THE WEST NEAR 15 MPH, AND THIS GENERAL MOTION IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE THROUGH SUNDAY.  ON THE FORECAST TRACK, THE CYCLONE IS EXPECTED TO MOVE NEAR OR OVER THE GUAJIRA PENINSULA OF COLUMBIA THIS MORNING, THEN MOVE ACROSS THE SOUTHWESTERN CARIBBEAN SEA THROUGH SATURDAY. THE CYCLONE IS FORECAST TO PASS NEAR SAN ANDRES AND PROVIDENCIA ISLANDS SATURDAY NIGHT, AND APPROACH THE COAST OF NICARAGUA ON SUNDAY MORNING.

MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 35 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS. GRADUAL STRENGTHENING IS FORECAST TODAY AND THE DEPRESSION IS EXPECTED TO BECOME A TROPICAL STORM LATER THIS MORNING OR THIS AFTERNOON.  THE SYSTEM IS EXPECTED TO BECOME A HURRICANE BEFORE IT REACHES SAN ANDRES AND PROVIDENCIA ISLANDS AND THE COAST OF NICARAGUA THIS WEEKEND.

THIS SYSTEM DOES NOT POSE ANY THREAT TO THE BAHAMAS.