New tropical depression forms in the Pacific Ocean, expected to become tropical storm

October 3rd, 2009 Olaf weakens to tropical depressionMIAMI — Olaf is weakening in the Pacific off the coast of Mexico and is now a tropical depression. Olaf's maximum sustained winds have decreased to near 35 mph (55 kph).

September 23rd, 2009 Tropical Storm Nora forms in the Pacific OceanMIAMI — Tropical Storm Nora has formed in the Pacific far off Mexico's coast and is not expected to threaten land. The storm has maximum sustained winds near 40 mph (65 kph) and is expected to strengthen.

September 16th, 2009 Tropical depression forms off Mexico's coastMIAMI — Forecasters say a tropical depression has formed in the Pacific, off Mexico's western coast. The National Hurricane Center in Miami says the depression could reach tropical storm strength sometime Wednesday.

September 7th, 2009 Tropical Storm Linda forms far out in PacificMIAMI — Forecasters say Tropical Storm Linda far out in the Pacific Ocean is not gaining in intensity. According to the National Hurricane Center in Miami, the 12th named storm of the Pacific season had maximum sustained winds near 60 mph (55 kph) on Monday night.

August 26th, 2009 Tropical Storm Danny forms in the AtlanticMIAMI — Forecasters say people in the Bahamas and the southeastern U.S. should keep an eye on Tropical Storm Danny, which could slowly get stronger as it moves toward land.

August 24th, 2009 Tropical depression forms far out in PacificMIAMI — A tropical depression has formed far out over the Pacific Ocean and forecasters say it could become a tropical storm. According to the National Hurricane Center in Miami, the depression has maximum sustained winds near 35 mph (55 kph) but is expected to strengthen.

August 15th, 2009 New tropical depression forms in AtlanticMIAMI — A new tropical depression has formed over the Atlantic behind Tropical Storm Ana and both are expected to slowly strengthen over the next couple of days. The National Hurricane Center said Saturday that the third depression of the Atlantic season had maximum sustained winds of 35 mph and could soon become a tropical storm with winds of at least 39 mph.

August 13th, 2009 Tropical Storm Guillermo forms far out in PacificMIAMI — Forecasters say Tropical Storm Guillermo has formed far from land in the Eastern Pacific with winds sustained at 40 mph. The National Hurricane Center says the seventh named storm of the season in the Pacific formed Wednesday night about 760 miles southwest of Baja, Calif.

August 13th, 2009 Tropical Storm Guillermo strengthens in PacificMIAMI — Tropical Storm Guillermo has strengthened in the Pacific far from land while a tropical depression in the Atlantic has weakened. Guillermo's maximum sustained winds have increased to near 50 mph and the storm is moving west-northwest near 16 mph.

August 11th, 2009 New tropical depression forms in the AtlanticMIAMI — A new tropical depression has formed in the Atlantic while Tropical Storm Felicia continues to move across the Pacific. The new tropical depression is only the second of the Atlantic hurricane season and has maximum sustained winds near 30 mph.

August 4th, 2009 Tropical depression forms in Eastern PacificMIAMI — The National Hurricane Center says a tropical depression has formed in the Eastern Pacific and is expected to intensify into a tropical storm within a day. Forecasters say the depression is the seventh of the 2009 Eastern Pacific hurricane season.

August 4th, 2009 Tropical Storm Enrique forms in the PacificMIAMI — Tropical Storm Enrique has formed in the Pacific, becoming the fifth named storm of the eastern north Pacific hurricane season. Also, a new tropical depression formed farther west in the Pacific.

July 10th, 2009 Tropical depression forms in Pacific OceanMEXICO CITY — A tropical depression formed Friday far off Mexico's Pacific coast and is expected to strengthen while moving farther out to sea. The U.S. National Hurricane Center in Miami said the depression had winds of about 35 mph (55 kph) and is likely to become a tropical storm by Saturday and possibly a hurricane by next week.

June 21st, 2009 Tropical depression forms in Pacific off MexicoMIAMI — Forecasters say a tropical depression has formed in the Pacific off Mexico's western coast, and it could become a tropical storm in the next day. On Sunday afternoon, the depression was centered about 400 miles (640 kilometers) south-southeast of the southern tip of Baja California.

June 18th, 2009 Season's 1st tropical depression forms in PacificMEXICO CITY — The first tropical depression of the Pacific hurricane season is approaching the coast of Mexico. The National Hurricane Center in Miami said the depression was centered about 215 miles south-southwest of the coastal city of Mazatlan at 5 a.m.