NEWS RELEASE

Thursday, July 08, 2010 – 5:00 a.m.

***SECOND TROPICAL DEPRESSION OF THE ATLANTIC SEASON FORMS OVER THE WESTERN GULF OF MEXICO...EXPECTED TO BRING RAINS TO SOUTHERN TEXAS AND NORTHEASTERN MEXICO ***

At 4:00 a.m. the centre of Tropical Depression #2 was located near latitude 24.8 degrees north and longitude 95.2 degrees west or about 285 kilometres east-northeast of La Pesca, Mexico.

Tropical Depression #2 is moving toward the northwest near 22 km/hr and this general motion is expected to continue for the next 24 hours. On the forecast track, the tropical cyclone is expected to move inland near the Texas-Mexico border later today.

Maximum sustained winds are near 55 km/hr, with higher gusts. There is a possibility that the Depression becomes a tropical storm before moving inland.

Tropical Depression #2 is not a threat to Jamaica.

The Meteorological Service will continue to monitor the progress of this system.

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