Sunday 11 a.m. Update: the center of Tropical Depression Nine was located near latitude 23.5 North, longitude 77.3 West. The depression is moving toward the north near 7 mph .

A faster motion to the north is expected to later Sunday and continue through Monday. On the forecast track, the center of the system is expected to move across the central and northwestern Bahamas today and tonight and approach the southeast U.S. coast early this week.

Maximum sustained winds are near 35 mph with higher gusts. Strengthening is expected during the next few days, and the system is forecast to become a tropical storm later today and a hurricane by late Monday or Tuesday.

Reports from an Air Force Reserve Hurricane Hunter aircraft indicate that the estimated minimum central pressure is 1002 mb.

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