Tropical Storms Bret, Cindy form in early start to hurricane season
Jun 23, 2023
By Karah Rucker (Anchor/Reporter), Ben Burke (Digital Producer)
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Atlantic hurricane season off to an early start as two named storms form
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Tropical Storms Bret and Cindy became the first named Atlantic storms of the 2023 hurricane season. This marks the first time since record keeping began in 1851 that two named storms formed in the Atlantic in the month of June.
Bret brought winds, heavy rain and swells of up to 15 feet to islands in the eastern Caribbean on Friday, June 23. Officials in the island of Martinique said they were searching for four people who apparently were aboard a lifeboat after their catamaran sank during the storm. Islands throughout the Caribbean braced itself ahead of the storm’s arrival.
“Yes, I’m pretty much prepared for the storm. We do all our preparations from early May,” Barbados resident Gerrick Bynoe said Thursday, June 22. “Am I worried about Storm Bret? A little bit because it seems very similar to other tropical storms that had a major impact, similar to Lili and Tomas.”
Meanwhile, Cindy’s maximum sustained winds were around 50 mph Friday morning. It was expected to remain a tropical storm as it heads into open waters “well east and northeast of the northern Leeward Islands through early next week,” according to the National Hurricane Center (NHC).
Storms Bret and Cindy followed Tropical Storm Arlene, which formed in the Gulf of Mexico early in June. According to NBC6’s Hurricane Specialist John Morales, there is “a vigorous tropical wave rolling off the west coast of Africa,” though it hasn’t been mentioned by the NHC as a candidate to become a new tropical depression or storm.
“But given the current setup in the main development region of the Atlantic, don’t count out that possibility,” Morales wrote. “Keep in mind that the third named storm in the Atlantic doesn’t normally form until Aug. 3! We are six weeks ahead of schedule, thanks in good part to the silly-hot water across the Atlantic Ocean. Tropical cyclones need, and derive their energy, from the warm sea surface.”
THREE TROPICAL DISTURBANCES ARE ALL LINED UP BETWEEN THE CARIBBEAN AND AFRICA —
AND ALL MOVING WEST.
IT’S A BUSY — AND UNUSUAL — START TO HURRICANE SEASON ACCORDING TO A HURRICANE SPECIALIST.
THE ONE CLOSEST TO THE ISLANDS IS TROPICAL STORM BRET —
WIND SPEEDS COMING IN JUST UNDER “HURRICANE-STRENGTH” AS IT PASSED NEAR BARBADOS.
BEHIND BRET —
IS TROPICAL STORM CINDY —
WITH A TRACK-FORECAST TOWARDS THE OPEN NORTH ATLANTIC —
MEANING ITS LIKELY TO MISS THE ISLANDS COMPLETELY.
THERE’S EVEN A THIRD SYSTEM ALREADY BREWING OFF THE WEST COAST OF AFRICA.
BUT WITH HOT WATER ACROSS THE SEA SURFACE —
HURRICANE SPECIALISTS PREDICT THIS ONE COULD EVENTUALLY TAKE SHAPE.
CINDY IS THE THIRD NAMED STORM IN THE ATLANTIC —
WHICH NORMALLY DOESN’T HAPPEN —
UNTIL **AUGUST THIRD**.
THAT MAKES HURRICANE SEASON SIX WEEKS AHEAD OF SCHEDULE.
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Atlantic hurricane season off to an early start as two named storms form
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Tropical Storm Cindy forms behind Bret in an early and aggressive start to Atlantic hurricane season
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Tropical Storm Cindy forms behind Bret in an early and aggressive start to Atlantic hurricane season
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Tropical Storm Cindy forms as aggressive start to Atlantic Hurricane Season continues
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Tropical Storm Cindy forms behind Bret in an early and aggressive start to Atlantic hurricane season
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Tropical Storm Cindy forms behind Bret in an early and aggressive start to Atlantic hurricane season
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Tropical Storm Cindy forms behind Bret in an early and aggressive start to Atlantic hurricane season
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Tropical Storm Cindy forms behind Bret in an early and aggressive start to Atlantic hurricane season
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Tropical Storm Cindy forms behind Bret in an early and aggressive start to Atlantic hurricane season
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Tropical Storm Cindy forms behind Bret in an early and aggressive start to Atlantic hurricane season
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Tropical Storm Cindy forms behind Bret in an early and aggressive start to Atlantic hurricane season
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Tropical Storm Cindy forms behind Bret in an early and aggressive start to Atlantic hurricane season
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Tropical Storm Cindy forms as Bret approaches Caribbean islands
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Tropical Storm Cindy forms, Bret to dissipate by Sunday
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Tropical Storm Cindy forms behind Bret in an early and aggressive start to Atlantic hurricane season
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Tropical Storm Cindy forms behind Bret in early, aggressive start to hurricane season
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Tropical Storm Cindy forms behind Bret in an early and aggressive start to Atlantic hurricane season
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Tropical Storm Cindy forms in Atlantic
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Tropical Storm Cindy forms behind Bret in an early and aggressive start to Atlantic hurricane season
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Tropical Storm Cindy forms in the Atlantic
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Tropical Storm Cindy forms behind Bret in an early and aggressive start to Atlantic hurricane season
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Tropical Storm Cindy forms off South American coast
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Tropical Storm Cindy forms behind Bret in an early and aggressive start to Atlantic hurricane season
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Tropical Storm Cindy forms behind Bret in early start of hurricane season
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Tropical Storm Cindy forms behind Bret in an early and aggressive start to Atlantic hurricane season
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Tropical Storm Cindy forms behind Bret in an early and aggressive start to Atlantic hurricane season
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Tropical Storm Cindy forms behind Bret in an early and aggressive start to Atlantic hurricane season
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Tropical Storm Cindy forms behind Bret in an early and aggressive start to Atlantic hurricane season
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Tropical Storm Cindy forms behind Bret in an early and aggressive start to Atlantic hurricane season
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Tropical Storm Cindy forms behind Bret in an early and aggressive start to Atlantic hurricane season
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Tropical Storm Cindy forms behind Bret in an early and aggressive start to Atlantic hurricane season
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Tropical Storm Cindy strengthens as Bret moves across Caribbean. What the forecast says
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Atlantic tropical storms Bret and Cindy
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Tropical Storm Cindy forms behind Bret in an early and aggressive start to Atlantic hurricane season
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Tropical Storm Cindy forms behind Bret in an early and aggressive start to Atlantic hurricane season
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Tropical Storm Cindy forms behind Bret in an early and aggressive start to Atlantic hurricane season
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Tropical Storm Cindy strengthens as Bret moves across Caribbean. What the forecast says
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Last Updated
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