1WTNT32 KNHC 072034 2TCPAT2 3BULLETIN 4TROPICAL DEPRESSION SEVEN ADVISORY NUMBER 1 5NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL AL072009 6500 PM AST MON SEP 07 2009 7 8...NEW TROPICAL DEPRESSION FORMS IN THE FAR EASTERN ATLANTIC... 9 10AT 500 PM AST...2100 UTC...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL DEPRESSION SEVEN 11WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 12.5 NORTH...LONGITUDE 24.5 WEST OR ABOUT 12160 MILES...255 KM...SOUTH OF THE SOUTHERNMOST CAPE VERDE ISLANDS. 13 14THE DEPRESSION IS MOVING TOWARD THE WEST NEAR 16 MPH...26 KM/HR. A 15TURN TOWARD THE WEST-NORTHWEST AND A SLIGHT DECREASE IN FORWARD 16SPEED IS FORECAST DURING THE NEXT DAY OR TWO. 17 18MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 35 MPH...55 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER 19GUSTS. STRENGTHENING IS FORECAST OVER THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS...AND 20THE DEPRESSION IS EXPECTED TO BECOME A TROPICAL STORM TONIGHT OR 21TUESDAY. 22 23THE ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 1005 MB...29.68 INCHES. 24 25OUTER RAIN BANDS FROM THE DEPRESSION ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE TO 26SPREAD ACROSS THE SOUTHERN CAPE VERDE ISLANDS TONIGHT...PRODUCING 27LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL AND GUSTY WINDS. 28 29...SUMMARY OF 500 PM AST INFORMATION... 30LOCATION...12.5N 24.5W 31MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...35 MPH 32PRESENT MOVEMENT...WEST OR 280 DEGREES AT 16 MPH 33MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...1005 MB 34 35THE NEXT ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER AT 361100 PM AST. 37 38$$ 39FORECASTER BROWN 40 41 42