At 500 PM EDT…2100 UTC…the center of Tropical Depression Bonnie was located near latitude 26.2 north…longitude 81.9 west.

The depression is moving toward the west-northwest near 18 mph…30km/hr. This general track with a decrease in forward speed is
expected during the next two days.

Bonnie is expected to move over the eastern Gulf of Mexico tonight and Saturday and reach the northern Gulf Coast late Saturday.

Maximum sustained winds have decrease to near 35 mph…55 km/hr…with higher gusts. Bonnie could and probably regain tropical storm strength when it moves over the Gulf of Mexico.

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ON THE GULF OF MEXICO -Engineers prepared to abandon their vigil over BP’s broken oil well Friday as ships and rig workers evacuated the Gulf of Mexico ahead of Tropical Storm Bonnie.

The mechanical plug that’s throttled the oil for a week will be left closed, even if the undersea robots monitoring the well’s stability leave. The only way BP would know if the cap had failed would be satellite and aerial views of oil gushing to the surface.
But retired Coast Guard Adm. Thad Allen said he’s confident the cap will hold, despite a few leaks that raised concerns last week. Scientists say even a severe storm shouldn’t affect the plug, nearly a mile beneath the ocean surface 40 miles from the Louisiana coast.

Bonnie made landfall in Florida south of Miami Friday morning with top sustained winds of 40 miles per hour. The storm was on a track to pick up strength as it crosses the Gulf of Mexico, reaching the site of the massive oil spill by Sunday.

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As of 11:00 AM EDT, a tropical storm warning is in affect for an area from Destin Florida to Morgan City Louisiana…including Lake Pontchartrain.

A tropical storm watch is in effect for…the East Coast of Florida north of Deerfield Beach to Jupiter
Inlet and Lake Okeechobee.

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Bonnie Tracking Map

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Data from an Air Force hurricane hunter reconnaissance aircraft during the past hour indicate that surface winds associated with the depression have increased to 40 mph…65 km/hr…and that the depression has become a tropical storm.

Summary of 615 PM EDT…2215 UTC…information
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location…22.9n 75.4w
about 200 mi…320 km se of Nassau
about 415 mi…670 km ESE of Key West Florida
maximum sustained winds…40 mph…65 km/hr
present movement…NW or 315 degrees at 14 mph…22 km/hr
minimum central pressure…1005 mb…29.68 inches

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