Tropical Storm Bret Moves Toward Open Atlantic as Dora Forms Off Mexico
Bret, the second tropical storm of the Atlantic hurricane season, is moving northeast away from the coast of Florida on a track that will take it out to sea, the U.S. National Hurricane Center said.
In the eastern Pacific, Tropical Storm Dora formed today about 400 miles (644 kilometers) south-southeast of Salina Cruz, Mexico, the center said. Forecast maps show the storm remaining offshore while gathering hurricane strength.
Dora may become a hurricane by late tomorrow, the center said in an advisory issued before 5 p.m. New York time. Maximum sustained winds are near 45 miles (75 kilometers) per hour “with higher gusts,” the center said.
Bret was about 130 miles north of Great Abaco Island in the Bahamas, with sustained winds of 65 miles (100 kilometers) per hour, the Miami-based center said today in an advisory shortly after 5 p.m. New York time. Storm-force winds extend outward as far as 50 miles (85 kilometers) from the core, the center said.
Bret was moving north-northeast at about 7 miles (11 kilometers) per hour. The system is expected to pick up strength and speed and turn to the northeast on a course that will take it between North Carolina and Bermuda, into the Atlantic.
The government of the Bahamas has discontinued tropical storm warnings for Grand Bahama Island and the Abaco islands. High surf and 2 to 4 inches (5 to 10 centimeters) of rain may occur in the northwest Bahamas, the center said.
A disturbance becomes tropical when it develops cyclonic activity and becomes a named storm when sustained winds reach 39 mph. A storm reaches hurricane status when winds hit 74 mph.
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