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MIAMI, Florida -- At 11 p.m. on August 9, 2012 Eastern Daylight Time, NOAA's National Hurricane Center in Miami, Florida, issued a public advisory which says that Tropical Depression 7 could strengthen to a tropical storm by Friday.  


Tropical Depression 7 in the Atlantic Ocean is located 1045 miles east of the Windward Islands moving west at 20 miles per hour with maximum sustained winds of 35 miles per hour.

NOAA's storm tracker has Tropical Depression 7 following nearly the identical path as Tropical Storm Ernesto.

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NOAA's Official Public Advisory for Tropical Depression 7:

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WTNT32 KNHC 100236
TCPAT2

BULLETIN
TROPICAL DEPRESSION SEVEN ADVISORY NUMBER   2
NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL       AL072012
1100 PM AST THU AUG 09 2012

...TROPICAL DEPRESSION CONTINUES MOVING RAPIDLY WESTWARD...


SUMMARY OF 1100 PM AST...0300 UTC...INFORMATION
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LOCATION...13.7N 45.5W
ABOUT 1045 MI...1680 KM E OF THE WINDWARD ISLANDS
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...35 MPH...55 KM/H
PRESENT MOVEMENT...W OR 270 DEGREES AT 20 MPH...32 KM/H
MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...1009 MB...29.80 INCHES


WATCHES AND WARNINGS
--------------------
THERE ARE NO COASTAL WATCHES OR WARNINGS IN EFFECT.

INTERESTS IN THE WINDWARD ISLANDS SHOULD MONITOR THE PROGRESS OF
THIS SYSTEM.  TROPICAL STORM WATCHES COULD BE REQUIRED ON FRIDAY
MORNING.


DISCUSSION AND 48-HOUR OUTLOOK
------------------------------
AT 1100 PM AST...0300 UTC...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL DEPRESSION SEVEN
WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 13.7 NORTH...LONGITUDE 45.5 WEST. THE
DEPRESSION IS MOVING TOWARD THE WEST NEAR 20 MPH...32 KM/H AND THIS
GENERAL MOTION IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE FOR THE NEXT 48 HOURS.

MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS REMAIN NEAR 35 MPH...55 KM/H...WITH HIGHER
GUSTS.  SOME STRENGTHENING IS FORECAST DURING THE NEXT 48 HOURS...
AND THE DEPRESSION COULD BECOME A TROPICAL STORM ON FRIDAY.

ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 1009 MB...29.80 INCHES.


HAZARDS AFFECTING LAND
----------------------
NONE


NEXT ADVISORY
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NEXT COMPLETE ADVISORY...500 AM AST.

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FORECASTER BLAKE