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MIAMI (CBS4) ― As if the tropics were not active enough, with Gustav menacing the Gulf Coast and Tropical Storm Hanna hovering near the Bahamas, now the National Hurricane Center has said an area of disturbed weather in the Atlantic has formed Tropical Depression 9. Forecasters say it could be Tropical Storm Ike later Monday.
Forecasters had been watching the depression closely, and had indicated they were prepared name the mass of thunderstorms a depression after spotting what appeared to be a closed area of circulation, a key element in the formation of tropical storms.
The storm is thousands of miles from South Florida, in Atlantic North and west of the Leeward islands, and while conditions are favorable for development forecast models are indicating the storm may turn before reaching the area of the US mainland or the Bahamas.
Hurricane forecasters said that at 11 a.m., Tropical Depression 9 was at latitude 17.6 North, longitude 39.5 west, about 1470 miles east of the Leeward Islands. The storm is headed west-northwest at 16 mph, with maximum sustained winds of about 35 mph, very close to the minimum speed for a tropical storm.
If it becomes a tropical storm, Ike would be the 9th named storm of the Atlantic hurricane season.