At 5:00pm the National Hurricane Center designated the disturbance off the Florida east coast as Tropical Depression #1 (TD #1), the first official tropical system of the not even officially started Atlantic hurricane season.
Here is the position fix of TD#1:
SUMMARY OF 500 PM EDT...2100 UTC...INFORMATION ---------------------------------------------- LOCATION...28.4N 78.6W ABOUT 125 MI...200 KM E OF MELBOURNE FLORIDA ABOUT 505 MI...810 KM SSW OF CAPE HATTERAS NORTH CAROLINA MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...35 MPH...55 KM/H PRESENT MOVEMENT...NNE OR 20 DEGREES AT 13 MPH...20 KM/H MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...1008 MB...29.77 INCHES
Looking at the satellite presentation of TD #1 it seems like there is a very well defined low level circulation which is flanked by deep convection mainly to the east of the circulation center. The depression will remain off shore through the next 24 hours. Beyond that time will tell if the track of the depression veers away from the coast out to sea. It certainly seems like TD#1 may get close enough to the US east coast to make the waters choppy, especially off of the Carolinas and the Mid-Atlantic states.
It seems like the pattern should track TD#1 out to sea after 48 hours as it gets caught up in the westerlies.
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