Forecasters said the depression is expected to dissipate Thursday night or early Friday.
The first tropical depression of the 2017 Atlantic hurricane season formed on Thursday, according to the National Hurricane Center.
The depression had sustained winds of 35 miles per hour with higher gusts, and it was moving northwest at 14 miles per hour.
The system is running out of time to become Tropical Storm Arlene.
Supreme Court denies Arkansas request to carry out execution
With a 500 mg dose listed in the state's execution protocol, Arkansas expects that the inmates will not be aware they are dying. Arkansas planned to execute two men per day starting after Easter Sunday on April 17, April 20, April 24 and April 27.
A subtropical cyclone that formed Wednesday strengthened to become the first tropical storm of the year, but it does not pose a threat to the United States. A subtropical depression or storm has both tropical and non-tropical characteristics. Tropical Storm Bonnie formed in May 2016 off the SC coast.
"It doesn't mean a thing in the world for the most part", said Max Mayfield, a former director of the National Hurricane Center and hurricane specialist for Channel 10 in Miami.
According to hurricane forecasters, the storm was 730 miles west-southwest of the Azores and was moving north at 14 mph.
The Atlantic hurricane season does not officially begin until June 1 and extends through November 30.
Comments