New Tropical Depression forms in Atlantic

The sixth Tropical Depression for the season has formed in the far eastern Atlantic.

The Met Service says at 10 p.m. the centre of Tropical Depression # 6 was located near Latitude 13.8 degrees north and Longitude 27.8 degrees west or about 385 kilometres west-southwest of the southernmost Cape Verde Islands.

This is not an immediate threat to Jamaica.

The Depression is moving toward the west northwest near 26 km/h and this general motion should continue at a slightly slower forward speed during the next two days.

Maximum sustained winds are near 55 km/h with higher gusts and some intensification is anticipated during the next day or two.

Tropical Depression # 5 earlier this week developed into Tropical Storm Ernesto, which is now passing over the Eastern Caribbean waters.

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