Global Courant
MIAMI, UNITED STATES.
He National Hurricane Center (NHC, in English) reported on the formation of Bret, the second tropical storm in the Atlantic basin, which is heading towards 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 west at 33 km per hour (21 miles), according to the most recent NHC bulletin.
“Strengthening is forecast, and Bret it could become a hurricane in a couple of days,” according to the Miami-based NHC. On forecast track, Bret, should be approaching the Lesser Antilles later this week.
The current hurricane seasonwhich is expected to have an average number of cyclones, began on June 1 in the Atlantic basin and ends on November 30.
It will have at least twelve named storms, five to nine of which 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 this season was Tropical Storm Arlene, which formed in the Gulf of Mexico in early June and then weakened without affecting any territory.
