The tropical depression was located at 11 a.m. EDT Monday about 170 miles (275 kilometers) west-southwest of Key West, Florida, and moving west at 7 mph (11 kph) with top sustained winds of 35 mph (55 kph). As of early Monday, the storm had winds of 100 mph and was about 695 miles east of Hilo, Hawaii. The wind shear that has been plaguing the for days was expected to lessen, but it will also be near dry air that could inhibit development.
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TD 9 will be a rainmaker more than anything for Cuba and south Florida.
Tropical Depression 9 also formed on Sunday and is now over Northern Cuba, bringing torrential rain there with some of that moisture making its way into the Florida Keys.
A second depression was about 240 miles west of Key West, Florida, with maximum winds of 35 mph.
The hurricane center said stronger storms increased over western Cuba this morning, with some areas getting up to a foot of rain. To the south, Carteret County officials also warned of flooding and advised residents to monitor forecasts. An Air Force Hurricane Hunter aircraft will revisit the depression this afternoon, and forecasters hope that will provide a better estimate of the strength of the system, the hurricane center said. Total rain accumulations of three to seven inches are possible over much of the Florida peninsula through Thursday. A depression in the Gulf with a track toward west Florida at this time of year demands respect.
Colin made landfall in the same area as a weak tropical storm on June 6. Forecasters say it posed no immediate threat to land.
Another tropical depression threatens U.S.
Tropical Depression 8 is near the Outer Banks and Tropical Depression 9 is entering the Gulf of Mexico.
Rain and thunderstorms are expected to continue through the upcoming long Labor Day weekend in Florida, though forecasts for the Carolinas call for sunny skies once the tropical disturbance heads out to sea.
The next two names on the list are Hermine and Ian.
Hurricane Gaston has become the first major hurricane in the Atlantic Basin this season.
Two separate tropical depressions will bring rain and churning seas to East and Gulf Coasts this week, and a hurricane is approaching Hawaii, forecasters said Monday.
TD 8 could come very close the the coast of North Carolina by late Tuesday, forecasters said.
The strongest storm now in the Atlantic Ocean, Hurricane Gaston, poses no threat to land.
The National Hurricane Center says the depression is located about 285 miles per hour (460 kmp) southeast of Cape Hatteras and is moving west at 10 miles per hour.
The strongest storm now in the Atlantic Ocean, Hurricane Gaston, remained far out to sea Monday.
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Gaston is expected to continue moving northeast or more eastward over the next few days.
