Tropical Storm Dexter forms in the Atlantic: Track storm path, see spaghetti models
Two months after the start of hurricane season, experts from the National Hurricane Center in Miami, Florida, are monitoring Tropical Storm Dexter.
At 11 p.m. Sunday, Aug. 3, the center of Dexter was about 300 miles west-northwest of Bermuda, moving toward the east-northeast near 12 mph. A faster east-northeastward or northeastward motion was expected through early Tuesday, followed by a slower motion Tuesday and Wednesday. Maximum sustained winds were near 45 mph with higher gusts. Some slight strengthening was forecast during the next couple of days, and Dexter was likely to become post-tropical by Wednesday, accoding to the NHC.
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Tropical Storm Dexter formed Sunday, Aug. 3, over the western Atlantic.
Dexter was forecast to move away from the U.S. coast and stay north of Bermuda.
Earlier Sunday, the NHC had referred to Dexter as an area of low pressure called Invest 95L, or AL95, when it was located a few hundred miles east of the North Carolina coast. In addition to Dexter, the hurricane center was tracking a very large tropical wave in the central tropical Atlantic and another disturbance off the Southeastern US coast (see National Hurricane Center graphic, which automatically updates with each tropics advisory, below).
➤ Weather database: Track Tropical Storm Dexter, see spaghetti models
The Atlantic hurricane season is from June 1 to Nov. 30 every year, with the most activity between August and October.
National Hurricane Center in Miami, Florida, forecast on tropical activity: Is there a tropical storm or hurricane now?
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Spaghetti models for Tropical Storm Dexter
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This article originally appeared on The Daytona Beach News-Journal: Where's Dexter? Hurricane center in Florida tracks tropical storm path
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