CYCLONIC FURY

The Atlantic basin remains fairly active for the month of June, with Claudette regaining tropical storm status off the United States east coast as it accelerates northeastward. In the central tropical Atlantic, there is a tropical wave with a low chance of development over the next two days, but only has a narrow window for potential development. As of 5:00 p.m. EDT Monday, Tropical Storm Claudette was centered near 37.5°N 72.1°W, and was moving east-northeastward at about 29 mph. Maximum…

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A disturbance that had been monitored by the National Hurricane Center (NHC) for several days developed into Tropical Storm Claudette early Saturday morning, after moving inland into Louisiana. It is somewhat unusual to see tropical cyclones develop inland, but Claudette’s impacts would have not been much different regardless of its status. Claudette has already weakened from its peak intensity, and is likely going to continue to weaken for the next day or so as it moves northeastward. The main threat…

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