Meteorologist Ryan Phillips has the latest on Tropical Storm Bret Tuesday, June 20, 2023.
A tropical storm watch was in effect for several islands in the Lesser Antilles as Tropical Storm Bret strengthened Tuesday.
According to the latest advisory from the National Hurricane Center, Bret — with maximum sustained winds of 60 mph — was moving west at 16 mph about 645 miles east of the Windward Islands.
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WATCH HEREBarbados, St. Lucia, Dominica and Martinique issued tropical storm watches Tuesday. A watch means that tropical storm conditions are possible within the watch area, generally within 48 hours.
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The center of Bret is expected to move across portions of the Lesser Antilles Thursday, and then move across the eastern Caribbean Sea on Friday, according to the NHC.
Bret is expected to strengthen in the next day or so, but is expected to stay a tropical storm when it reaches the Lesser Antilles Thursday and Thursday night.
The storm formed Monday — an early and aggressive start to the Atlantic hurricane season that began on June 1.
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The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration has forecast 12 to 17 named storms for this year’s hurricane season. It said between five and nine of those storms could become hurricanes, including up to four major hurricanes of Category 3 or higher.
