Cuba and Miami Alert: Tropical Storm Bret forms in the Atlantic. Could be a hurricane in two days
On forecast track, Bret should be approaching the Lesser Antilles by the end of this week.
The National Hurricane Center (NHC) reported Monday the formation of Bret, the second tropical storm in the Atlantic basin, which is headed for the Lesser Antilles and with the possibility of becoming a hurricane in two days.
The storm was 2,085 kilometers (1,295 miles) east of the South Windward Islands and had maximum sustained winds of 65 kilometers per hour (40 miles), moving westward at 33 kilometers per hour (21 miles), according to the latest NHC bulletin.
“Strengthening is forecast, and Bret could become a hurricane within a couple of days,” according to the Miami-based NHC.
On the forecast track, Bret should be approaching the Lesser Antilles later this week.
The current hurricane season, which is expected to have an average number of cyclones, began last June 1 in the Atlantic basin and ends next November 30.
It will have at least twelve named storms, of which five to nine will become hurricanes, and at least one could be a major hurricane.
In 2022 there were fourteen named storms in the Atlantic, of which nine reached hurricane status, including the destructive Ian.
The first named system in the current season was Tropical Storm Arlene, which formed in the Gulf of Mexico in early June and then weakened without affecting any territory.