Hurricane Bret forming up.
A tropical depression has formed in the central Atlantic Ocean and is expected to strengthen into a hurricane as it heads west towards the Caribbean Sea, hurricane forecasters said Monday. The storm is moving west at 21 miles per hour and is becoming better organized, with sustained winds of 35 miles per hour. Forecasters at the National Hurricane Center said in a 10:00 a.m. discussion that they expect the depression to strengthen into a hurricane Thursday or Friday as it moves over “much warmer than normal” waters, taking aim at the Lesser Antilles. Because of the uncertainty in the storm’s track and projected strength, forecasters are asking anyone in the Lesser Antilles, Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands to monitor the system and have a plan in place. The depression will be named Bret when it strengthens into a tropical storm, and would mark the second tropical storm of the season after Tropical Storm Arlene briefly formed in the Gulf of Mexico earlier this month. If it strengthens into a hurricane, it would be the first of the 2023 Atlantic hurricane season.
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Too many potential moves once it hits the islands.
