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September 21, 2001 — NOAA satellite imagery Friday morning indicates that the area of low pressure north-northeast of Puerto Rico has become better organized and is now a tropical depression, according to NOAA's National Hurricane Center. (Click on NOAA satellite image for larger view of tropical depression 10 taken Sept. 21, 2001 at 9:15 a.m. EDT. Click here to see latest satellite image.)

At 11 a.m. EDT, the center of tropical depression ten was located near latitude 25.1 north, longitude 64.2 west or about 500 miles south of Bermuda. The depression is moving toward the northwest near 7 mph, and this motion is expected to continue for the next 24 hours.

Maximum sustained winds are estimated to be near 30 mph with higher gusts. An Air Force Reserve unit reconnaissance aircraft is en route to the system and will provide a more accurate estimate of the intensity Friday afternoon. The depression is expected to become a tropical storm during the next day or so. Estimated minimum central pressure is 1011 mb, 29.85 inches.

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