On Saturday morning, Tropical Storm Cindy strengthened as it moved west-northwestward. The storm was located 465 miles east-northeast of the Lesser Antilles and had maximum sustained winds of 60 mph. Cindy is moving toward the northwest at 21 mph. “Weakening is forecast over the next few days, and Cindy will likely disintegrate into a trough of low pressure 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 Bret’s heels. Forecasters say it’s the first time since 1851 that two storms have formed in the tropical Atlantic. This historic event marks an early and aggressive start to the Atlantic hurricane season, which began on June 1. August to mid-October. Some forecasters have blamed unusually high ocean temperatures for this rare development. “The Atlantic is very warm this year,” said Kerry Emanuel, a meteorologist at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, who says it’s the result of global warming, natural variability and part of the ocean’s warming. Cold sulfate aerosol pollution is recovering from decades ago. While studies show that a warmer world is creating wetter and more intense hurricanes, scientists are still trying to figure out how many storms climate change is creating. Because of more early and early-season storms, the National Hurricane Center began issuing advisories earlier in the year, and experts recently debated the idea of announcing the start of hurricane season earlier.
On Saturday morning, Tropical Storm Cindy strengthened as it moved west-northwestward.
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 at 21 mph (33 km/h), and this motion is expected to continue with a gradual deceleration,” the National Hurricane Center said. “Weakening is forecast over the next few days, and Cindy will likely disintegrate into a trough of low pressure by the middle of this week.”
Related: Tropical Storm Brett
Related: WESH 2 Hurricane Survival Guide 2023
Related: WESH 2 2023 Hurricane Season Forecast
Tropical Storm Cindy is on Bret’s heels. Forecasters say it’s the first time since records began in 1851 that two storms have occurred in the tropical Atlantic in June.
The historic event marks an early and aggressive start to the Atlantic hurricane season, which began on June 1 and typically peaks from mid-August to mid-October. Some forecasters blamed unusually high ocean temperatures for the rare development.
“The Atlantic is very warm this year,” said Kerry Emanuel, a meteorologist at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, who says it’s partly due to global warming, natural variability and the ocean’s recovery from cold sulfate aerosol pollution decades ago.
Studies show that a warmer world is creating wetter and more intense hurricanes, and scientists are still trying to figure out whether climate change is changing how many storms form. Because of more early and early-season storms, the National Hurricane Center began issuing advisories earlier in the year, and experts recently debated the idea of announcing the start of hurricane season earlier.
