Tropical Depression #2

Hurricane Hunters flew into an area of disturbed weather roughly 100 miles off Cape Canaveral's coast this afternoon and found an organized center of circulation. As of 5 PM Tropical Depression Two has sustained winds of 35 mph and is moving VERY slowly southward but will eventually begin a track towards the north and east. Overnight this storm is expected to reach tropical storm strength. When and if it does, TD 2 will be named Tropical Storm Bret. Two pieces of good news: 1) all models are forecasting the storm's path into the Atlantic and well away from any land, 2) the storm should remain a tropical storm at its peak with sustained winds less than 74 mph and not intensify into a hurricane.

-KW