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Aug 13, 2007 8:06 am US/Pacific

Tropical Depression Forms In Far Eastern Atlantic

 CBS News Interactive: Storm Season

MIAMI (CBS) ― A tropical depression has formed in the far eastern Atlantic Ocean about 300 miles southwest of the southernmost Cape Verde Islands. If the system's sustained winds cross the 39 mph threshold, it will be named Tropical Storm Dean.

Meanwhile, A tropical wave is interacting with an upper-level low has produced a large area of cloudiness and disorganized thunderstorm activity over the northwestern Caribbean Sea.

The National Hurricane Center says the depression is still about 2,000 miles east of the Lesser Antilles in the Caribbean

This system is moving west-northwestward about 10 mph and is expected to move into the Gulf of Mexico during the next day or so. Upper-level winds are currently not conducive for development but could become a little more favorable in a couple of days.

(© 2007 CBS Broadcasting Inc. All Rights Reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed. The Associated Press contributed to this report.)

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