Second Atlantic Season Tropical Depression Forms (IMAGE)

NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center

Second Atlantic Season Tropical Depression Forms

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Tropical Depression 2 formed in the western Caribbean Sea during the early afternoon hours (Eastern Daylight Time) on June 17. NOAA's GOES-13 satellite captured an image of the storm as it consolidated enough to become a tropical depression while approaching the coast of Belize.

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NASA GOES Project/NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center

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