By Saturday morning, Tropical Storm Cindy had strengthened as it moved to the west-northwest. The storm was 465 miles east-northeast of the Lesser Antilles and had maximum sustained winds of 60 mph. Cindy was moving northwest at 21 mph. “Cindy is moving rapidly toward the northwest near 21 mph (33 km/h) and this motion is expected to continue, with a gradual slowdown,” the National Hurricane Center said. “Weakening is forecast over the next few days, and Cindy could degenerate into a low pressure low point by the middle of this week.” Related: Tropical Storm BretRelated: WESH 2 Hurricane Survival Guide 2023Related: WESH 2 2023 Hurricane Season ForecastCindy is hot on the heels of Tropical Storm Bret. Forecasters say it marks the first time there have been two storms in the tropical Atlantic in June since record-keeping began in 1851. The landmark event signals an early and aggressive start to the Atlantic hurricane season that began June 1 and which usually peaks in mid-June. August to mid-October. Some forecasters blamed unusually high sea temperatures for the rare development. “The Atlantic is terribly hot this year,” said Kerry Emanuel, a meteorologist at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, adding that it’s partly the result of global warming, natural variability and the ocean. recovering from the sulfate aerosol pollution that chilled it decades ago. Studies show that a warmer world is producing wetter, more intense hurricanes, and scientists are still trying to figure out if climate change alters the number of storms that form. Due to more early and preseason storms, the National Hurricane Center began issuing advisories earlier in the year, and experts recently discussed the idea of declaring the start of the hurricane season earlier.
By Saturday morning, Tropical Storm Cindy had strengthened as it moved to the west-northwest.
The storm was located 465 miles east-northeast of the Lesser Antilles and had maximum sustained winds of 60 mph. Cindy was moving northwest at 21 mph.
“Cindy is moving rapidly toward the northwest near 21 mph (33 km/h) and this motion is expected to continue, with a gradual slowdown,” the National Hurricane Center said. “Weakening is forecast over the next few days, and Cindy could degenerate into a low pressure low point by the middle of this week.”
Related: Tropical Storm Bret
Related: WESH 2 Hurricane Survival Guide 2023
Related: WESH 2 2023 Hurricane Season Forecast
cindy is on Tropical Storm Bretheels. Forecasters say it is the first time there have been two storms in the tropical Atlantic in June since record-keeping began in 1851.
The historic event signals an early and aggressive start to the Atlantic hurricane season that began on June 1 and typically peaks from mid-August to mid-October. Some forecasters blamed unusually high sea temperatures for the rare development.
“The Atlantic is terribly hot this year,” said Kerry Emanuel, a meteorologist at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, adding that it is partly the result of global warming, natural variability and the ocean’s recovery from sulfate aerosol pollution that cooled decades ago.
Studies show that a warmer world is producing wetter, more intense hurricanes, and scientists are still trying to figure out if climate change alters the number of storms that form. Due to more early and preseason storms, the National Hurricane Center began issuing advisories earlier in the year, and experts recently discussed the idea of declaring the start of the hurricane season earlier.
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