TheTropical Storm Bret, which was formed this Monday afternoon from thedepression number 3 of the current season, it strengthened slightly in the last hours and maintains its movement towards the west. The forecast is that it will become a hurricane in the coming days, perhaps this Wednesday.
In his most recentbulletin, the National Hurricane Center (NHC) recommended that the Lesser Antilles monitor the development of this system, which should be approaching the coasts of those islands towards the weekend.
At 5:00 am this Tuesday (Miami time), Bret was located 1,130 miles from the South Windward Islands, had maximum sustained winds of 65 km/h and a sustained movement towards the west at a rate of 28 km/h .
It is too early to know if the phenomenon will affect Cuba, although if its trajectory continues it is certain that it will affect Cuban territory.
The NHC alsowatch for a tropical wave which has 30% cyclonic development in the next 48 hours and 40% in the next seven days. The tropical wave is located south-southwest of the Cape Verde Islands in Africa.
The current hurricane season, which is expected to have an average number of cyclones, began on June 1 in the Atlantic basin and will end on November 30.
According to the forecast, it will have at least twelve named storms, of which between five and nine 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 in the current season wasTropical Storm Arlene, which formed in the Gulf of Mexico in early June and then weakened without affecting any territory.
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