Tropical depression number nine has formed in the far eastern Atlantic near latitude 12.7 N and longitude 34.5 west or about 695 miles west of the southernmost Cape Verde Islands. The depression was moving west near 12 mph and this motion was expected to continue for the next 24 hours.
Maximum sustained wind was near 30 mph with higher gusts. Some strengthening is possible during the next 24 hours. Estimated central pressure was 1009 millibars or 29.80 inches.
Should this storm strengthen into a tropical storm, it would be named Irene.
-Brian-