Bret strengthened to a tropical storm on Monday

By South Carolina Bot

Updated June 19, 2023 10:57 PM

This graphic created by the National Weather Service/NCEP Weather Prediction Center (WPC) shows the projected path.
NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER — This graphic created by the National Weather Service/NCEP Weather Prediction Center (WPC) shows the projected path. NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER South Carolina Bot

Article first published: Monday, June 19, 2023, 11 a.m. EST

Article last updated: Monday, June 19, 2023, 11 p.m. EST

On Monday at 11 pm, the National Hurricane Center issued an advisory stating that the system, which has been named Bret, has become a tropical storm with sustained winds of 40 mph after undergoing intensification from a tropical depression.

Tropical Storm Bret is 1210 miles east of the Southern Windward Islands, with maximum sustained wind of 40 mph. It’s moving 18 mph to the west. Tropical Storm Bret is forecast to strengthen.

Source: National Hurricane Center

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This story was originally published June 19, 2023 at 11:18 AM.

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