Tropical Storm Bret is expected to soon become the first hurricane of the 2023 Atlantic season, while another will likely become a tropical depression.
The storm is expected to approach the Lesser Antilles islands"by late this week," the national forecasting service said. The Lesser Antilles are comprised of numerous island nations and territories, including the U.S. Virgin Islands, Antigua and Barbuda, Aruba, and Trinidad and Tobago, among others.
"Bret is forecast to initially strengthen and then move across the Lesser Antilles near hurricane intensity on Thursday and Friday, bringing a risk of flooding from heavy rainfall, strong winds, and dangerous storm surge and waves," the National Hurricane Center said Tuesday morning."Given the larger than usual uncertainty in the track forecast, it is too early to specify the location and magnitude of where these hazards could occur.
The forecast for Tropical Storm Bret as of early Tuesday morning shows the system developing into a hurricane between Wednesday and Thursday. "several hundred miles" away from the Cabo Verde Islands. The National Hurricane Center said Tuesday morning that conditions surrounding that system appear as though a"tropical depressional will likely form during the next couple of days." As of 8 a.m. ET, there's a 70% chance of that happening within 48 hours.
Weather Channel Meteorologist Stephanie Abrams told"CBS Mornings" on Tuesday that Bret is a"unique" storm. "We usually don't get our second named storm until mid-July. Also, it formed far out in the Atlantic, where storms usually get their start much later," she said."And the first hurricane of the season doesn't typically happen until August." The reason for this early start is two-fold, Abrams said – low shear and warm waters.
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