Tropical Depression #3 Forms

The tropical wave that has been out in the Atlantic for the past couple of days has now developed a little circulation and enough organized convection for the National Hurricane Center to classify it as Tropical Depression #3.  The general motion of the cyclone is west/northwest over the next couple of days taking it across the Florida Straits and the Keys before moving into the Gulf of Mexico.  A Tropical Storm Warning has been issued for the central and northwestern Bahamas, the Florida East Coast including the Florida Keys, Florida Bay and along the west coast northward to Bonita Beach.  A Tropical Storm Watch has been issued along the east coast of Florida north of Golden Beach to Jupiter Inlet to Lake Okeechobee.