Overnight, Tropical Depression 10 slightly gained in organization and intensity and remained almost stationary over the Yucatan channel, said today the Cuban Institute of Meteorology (INSMET).

According to the latest report from the Forecast Center, the center of the depression was estimated at 00:00 on Sunday, local time, at 21.0 degrees North latitude and 86.4 degrees West longitude, which places it at 85 kilometers northeast of Cozumel, Mexico and 170 kilometers southwest of Cabo de San Antonio in the province of Pinar del Río.

The tropical depression slightly increased its maximum sustained winds to 55 kilometers per hour with higher gusts. The central pressure has dropped to 1005 hectoPascal and is keeping a slow movement southwest at only four kilometers per hour.

The showers and electrical storms associated to this system spread over the northwest of the Caribbean Sea, the Yucatan channel and western Cuba.

Persistent rainfall over Pinar del Río, Artemisa and Isla de la Juventud continues, which should continue and increase in the rest of the western region over the next few hours.

The report specified that locally intense accumulations were reported at the Isabel Rubio weather station with 92.2 millimeters in 12 hours and at Unión de Reyes, Matanzas province with 87 millimeters in less than six hours.

In the next 12-24 hours, it will continue to move slowly, gain a little more organization and intensity, and could become a tropical storm.

The wide circulation of the system will maintain rainy areas over a large part of the western region, which can become strong and intense in some locations.

Special attention should be paid to rainfall, due to its persistence and intensity, particularly in the provinces of Pinar del Río, Artemisa and in Isla de la Juventud Special Municipality.

Due to the position and future trajectory of this tropical depression, the Forecast Center of the Cuban Institute of Meteorology keeps a close watch on the evolution of this cyclonic organism.

The next Tropical Cyclone Warning for this system will be issued at 06:00 local time.