Tropical depression 8 forms in the Central Atlantic

HAVANA, Cuba, Sep 20 (ACN) The area of low pressure located over the central Atlantic waters continued gaining in organization and intensity during this morning, and became tropical depression number 8 of the current cyclonic season, the Forecast Center of the Cuban Institute of Meteorology reported.

According to Tropical Cyclone Warning No. 1, at eleven o'clock Tuesday morning its central region was located at 32.8 degrees north latitude and 45.7 degrees west longitude, a position that places it some 1,785 kilometers west-southwest of the Azores.

This system, which is only of interest for navigation, has maximum sustained winds of 55 kilometers per hour, with higher gusts, and its central pressure is 1,013 hectoPascal; it is moving at a rate of 17 kilometers per hour.

Tropical depression 8 will continue to gain in organization and intensity in the next 12 to 24 hours, and could become a tropical storm during today, Meteorology Institute warned. It will continue with the same northerly motion, turning northeasterly by Wednesday and then easterly.