Tropical Depression 9 has been upgraded to Tropical Storm Imelda.

The National Hurricane Center has issued tropical storm watches for the east coast of Florida as the system gains strength.

At 2 p.m. Sunday, the Imelda was moving north at 7 mph.

A faster motion to the north-northwest or north is expected later Sunday and continuing through Monday.

On the forecast track, the center of the system is expected to move across the central and northwestern Bahamas later Sunday and Sunday night and then turn east-northeastward, moving away from the southeastern U.S. by the middle part of this week.

Maximum sustained winds: 40 mph

Minimum central pressure: 998 mb

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