Tropical Cyclone Report
Tropical Depression Fourteen
8 - 10 September 2003
James L. Franklin
National Hurricane Center
11 September 2003
Tropical Depression Fourteen developed from a
tropical wave that crossed the west coast of Africa on 6 September.
The wave was associated with a broad surface circulation almost
immediately, and by 8 September the system possessed enough
organized convection to be considered a tropical depression about
250 n mi southeast of the southernmost Cape Verde Islands. The
cyclone moved slowly to the west-southwest initially, but an
upper-level low dropped down to the west of the depression and
caused it to accelerate to the north-northwest on 9 September.
Under southerly shear, the convection became separated from the
circulation center and the circulation began to elongate. The
depression dissipated on 10 September over the western Cape Verde
Islands.
Table 1: Best track for
Tropical Depression Fourteen, 8-10 September 2003.
Date/Time
(UTC) | Position | Pressure
(mb) | Wind Speed
(kt) | Stage |
Lat.
(°N) | Lon.
(°W) |
| 08 / 0600 | 11.6 | 21.7 | 1009 | 25 | tropical depression |
| 08 / 1200 | 11.4 | 22.2 | 1009 | 25 | " |
| 08 / 1800 | 11.2 | 22.6 | 1009 | 25 | " |
| 09 / 0000 | 11.2 | 23.0 | 1008 | 25 | " |
| 09 / 0600 | 11.6 | 23.6 | 1007 | 25 | " |
| 09 / 1200 | 12.4 | 24.4 | 1007 | 30 | " |
| 09 / 1800 | 13.6 | 24.9 | 1007 | 30 | " |
| 10 / 0000 | 14.6 | 25.0 | 1008 | 25 | " |
| 10 / 0600 | 15.3 | 25.1 | 1009 | 25 | " |
| 10 / 1200 | 15.9 | 25.2 | 1010 | 25 | " |
| 10 / 1800 | | | | | dissipated |
| 09 / 0600 - 09 / 1800 | | | 1007 | | minimum pressure |
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