Tropical Storm Cindy forms as Tropical Storm Bret begins to weaken
Tropical Storm Cindy gains strength as Tropical Storm Bret weakens
FOX 13 Meteorologist Jim Weber is watching two tropical storms- Bret and Cindy. He says wind shear is going to cause Tropical Storm Bret to fall apart as we head into the weekend. He says Tropical Storm Cindy, on the other hand, is just ramping up. However, wind shear will eventually be the demise of this storm as well and it is expected to fall apart over open water. Weber is also watching a tropical wave that has worked its way off the coast of Africa though it shows no signs of developing over the next several days.
TAMPA, Fla. - Tropical Depression #4 gained strength Thursday night and became Tropical Storm Cindy, the third named storm of the 2023 hurricane season.
Tropical Storm Cindy has top wind speeds of 50 miles per hour and is moving west-northwest at 16 miles per hour as of the 11 a.m. update on Friday.
FOX 13 Meteorologist Jim Weber expects the storm to strengthen up until it moves into an area where the wind shear increases to the east of the Turks and Caicos.
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The wind shear Tropical Storm Cindy is expected to face will tear the storm apart and Weber expects it to dissipate toward the middle of next week over open water.
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Ahead of Tropical Storm Cindy is Tropical Storm Bret, which as of 11 a.m. on Friday, had wind speeds reaching 60 miles per hour and was moving west at 21 miles per hour.
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Weber says Tropical Storm Bret has officially moved into the Caribbean and is weakening. It is expected to continue to weaken and eventually dissipate late Saturday or early Sunday.
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