Tropical Depression 8 9-26
Position: 18.0 N 34.8 W [10 AM CDT 1500 UTC].
Movement: Northwest [295°] near 14 mph [22 kph].
Maximum sustained winds: 35 mph [55 kph].
Wind Gusts: 45 mph [70 kph].
Minimum central pressure: 1008 mb.
It is 725 miles [1170 km] West-Northwest of the Cape Verde Islands.
The Depression is encountering stronger wind shear, has a mass of dry air to the West, and is over cooler water. Its chances of development are marginal, and it poses no threat to any land. I’m going to stop updating on it unless it decides to do something interesting.
Here’s the link for NOAA’s latest satellite images.
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