MIAMI (AP) — A tropical depression has formed in warm waters offshore of South Florida.
The National Hurricane Center in Miami says the tropical depression was located Monday night about 40 miles (70 kilometers) east-northeast of West Palm Beach and has top sustained winds of 35 mph (55 kph). It’s moving to the north at 12 mph (19 kph).
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5am Update: Tropical Depression #Three moving Northward between Southeastern Florida and the Northwest Bahamas. @wsvn @7weather #flwx pic.twitter.com/gWqpEIDOzw
— Vivian Gonzalez (@VivianGonzalez7) July 23, 2019
TD3 expected to last even less than earlier cone. Now being absorbed by a front by Tuesday instead of Wednesday. pic.twitter.com/B0gAOTkzyu
— Phil Ferro (@PhilFerro7) July 23, 2019
Forecasters are urging people in the northwest Bahamas and on Florida’s Atlantic coast to keep an eye on the storm’s progress.
They say the center of the depression should remain just offshore of the east coast of Florida over the next day or so. The storm system is expected to drop from 1 to 3 inches (2.5 to 7.5 centimeters) of rain across the Bahamas and parts of Florida’s Atlantic coast through Tuesday.
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