 The origins of Cindy can be attributed to a deepening low @-@ pressure area that tracked from the Great Lakes as a related cold front traveled southeastward and became stationary over the Atlantic , extending from northern Florida to Bermuda . On July 5 , the front spawned a separate cut @-@ off cold @-@ core low off the coast of the Carolinas . This complex scenario resulted in the formation of a tropical depression later during the day , which slowly meandered north @-@ northeastward . Tropical cyclones of this origin typically remain at a small size and evolve slowly , and Cindy complied to this pattern . 
