By WEATHER WORLD on Jul 20, 2011, at 6:31 PM Updated on 7/20 at 6:55 PM
WEATHER WORLD
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Tropical Storm Bret spins off the Florida coast Monday. NOAA/NASA
Hurricane season 2011 is starting to pick up.
Not at
11th Street and Harvard. In the Atlantic and Pacific oceans, where there are currently
three named storms spinning and churning out at sea.
None of the three threaten much land, and will likely just spin out to sea and die. But, they still provide amazing satellite images of immense storms with incredible power.
Let’s meet our current named storms:
- Bret: This little storm came into the world on July 17. It started off the coast of Florida and has stayed below hurricane strength since then. As of 4 p.m. Wednesday, sustained winds were 45 mph and it was about 270 miles south-southeast of Cape Hatteras, N.C. By Friday, it is forecast to fade into a post-tropical depression directly north of Bermuda and east of Delaware.
- Cindy: Tropical Storm Cindy was earned its name about 4 p.m. Wednesday with the first advisory. Its current sustained winds are 40 mph and it is drifting northeast at 24 mph. Cindy is 665 miles east-northeast of Bermuda. It is forecast to stay below hurricane levels as well and will likely not threaten land. It is forecast to weaken to a depression by Saturday as it enters cooler water.
- Dora: This little explorer is currently a Category 3 storm off the southern Pacific coast of Mexico. The first advisory was issued Monday. Maximum sustained winds are 115 mph as of 4 p.m. Wednesday. It is moving west-northwest into open ocean at 16 mph. Dora is expected to strengthen to a Category 4 storm tonight or Thursday before starting to weaken Friday. By Monday, it is expected to have weakened significantly to a post-tropical depression.
Impacts to land are expected to be minimal. A tropical storm watch extends along the coast from Lazaro Cardenas to near Puerto Vallarta, but the eye will stay several hundred miles away from the shore.
There are still several months remaining in the 2011 season, so we can expect to see more pop up soon. The peak usually comes in August and September.
So far, the Gulf of Mexico has been pretty quiet (aside from
Arlene, which slammed into the eastern Mexico coast in late June). As the season continues, let’s hope for a more active Gulf; it could be our best chance at any significant rainfall for some time.
--Jerry Wofford
Update 6:50 p.m.Well that didn't take long. Hurricane Dora is now a Category 4 storm with 135 mph winds. Still expected to start to weaken as it takes a more westerly turn Friday and Saturday.
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