Bret has become the second named storm of the 2023 Atlantic Hurricane Season.
UPDATE AS OF 5 P.M. JUNE 20:
835 miles E of the Windward Islands
Max Sustained winds: 45 mph
Moving W at 18 mph
On the forecast track, the center of Bret is expected move across portions of the Lesser Antilles Thursday afternoon and Thursday night, and then move across the eastern Caribbean Sea on Friday. Additional strengthening is forecast during the next day or so, and Bret is expected to be a tropical storm when it reaches the Lesser Antilles Thursday and Thursday night.
UPDATE AS OF 5 A.M. JUNE 20:
Tropical Storm Bret continues moving west over the central Atlantic. On the forecast track, the system should be approaching the Lesser Antilles by late this week. Strengthening is forecast and Bret could become a hurricane in a couple of days.
Showers and thunderstorms are gradually showing signs of organization in association with a tropical wave located several hundred miles southwest of the Cabo Verde Islands. Environmental conditions appear conducive for further development of this system and a tropical depression will likely form during the next couple of days while the system moves west across the eastern and central tropical Atlantic.
Formation chance through 48 hours: High (70%)
Formation chance through 7 days: High (80%)
UPDATE AS OF 10:47 P.M. JUNE 19:
Tropical Storm Bret expected to strengthen.
Max sustained winds: 40 mph
Moving W at 18 mph
Located about 1210 miles E of the southern Windward Islands.
On the forecast track, the system should be approaching the Lesser Antilles by late this week. Bret could become a hurricane in a couple of days.
ORIGINAL:
Bret is moving toward the west near 21 mph, and this motion is expected to continue for the next several days.
On the forecast track, the system should be approaching the Lesser Antilles late this week.
Strengthening is in the forecast, and Bret could become a hurricane in a couple of days.
