Just before 4 AM Central Time, the National Hurricane Center began issuing advisories on Tropical Depression #2 in the far eastern Atlantic:
…TROPICAL DEPRESSION FORMS OVER THE FAR EASTERN ATLANTIC OCEAN…
AT 500 AM EDT…0900Z…THE CENTER OF TROPICAL DEPRESSION TWO WAS
LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 12.6 NORTH…LONGITUDE 22.7 WEST OR ABOUT 250
MILES…405 KM…SOUTH-SOUTHEAST OF THE CAPE VERDE ISLANDS.
THE DEPRESSION IS MOVING TOWARD THE WEST-NORTHWEST NEAR 9 MPH AND
THIS GENERAL MOTION WITH SOME INCREASE IN FORWARD SPEED IS EXPECTED
FOR THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS.
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 35 MPH…55 KM/HR…WITH HIGHER
GUSTS. SOME STRENGTHENING IS FORECAST DURING THE NEXT 24 HOURS AND
THE DEPRESSION COULD BECOME A TROPICAL STORM LATER TODAY.
THE ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 1008 MB…29.77 INCHES.
REPEATING THE 500 AM EDT POSITION…12.6 N…22.7 W. MOVEMENT
TOWARD…WEST-NORTHWEST NEAR 9 MPH. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS…35
MPH. MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE…1008 MB.
THE NEXT ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER AT
1100 AM EDT.
Should TD #2 strengthen into a tropical storm, it would be named “Bertha.”
