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Newly-Named Tropical Storm Bret Expected To Become Hurricane: Here's Projected Path
Newly-named Tropical Storm Bret is expected to become the first hurricane of the 2023 season.
Tropical Depression 3, which developed on Monday morning, June 19 in the central Atlantic, strengthened to tropical-storm status later in the day.
“While it is rare to get a storm to develop over the south-central Atlantic in June, it is not completely unheard of,” said AccuWeather Tropical Meteorologist Alex DaSilva.
Bret is forecast to strengthen and move across the Lesser Antilles as a hurricane on Thursday, June 22, and Friday, June 23, according to the National Hurricane Center,
It will…
Fiona Becomes Hurricane, Could Bring 'Life-Threatening Flash Flooding' To Puerto Rico
Tropical Storm Fiona has just strengthened to Category 1 hurricane status.
Fiona, the sixth named storm of the 2022 Atlantic hurricane season, is located about 50 miles southwest of Puerto Rico at around midday on Sunday, Sept. 18, the National Hurricane Center said.
It is the third hurricane of the 2020 season, ending Wednesday, November 30. It began Wednesday, June 1.
A northwestward movement is expected to begin later Sunday and continue through Monday, Sept. 19, followed by a north-northwest turn on Tuesday, Sept. 20, the hurricane center noted.
On the forecasted trajectory…