Tropical Storm Bret becomes earliest named storm in Atlantic MDR, Potential Tropical Cyclone Three a threat to Gulf Coast
Potential Tropical Cyclone Two was upgraded to Tropical Storm Bret Monday afternoon by the National Hurricane Center after an Air Force Hurricane Hunter aircraft identified a well-defined circulation. This makes Bret the earliest Atlantic named storm to form in the Atlantic deep tropics east of the Lesser Antilles on record. In addition, the NHC initiated advisories on Potential Tropical Cyclone Three in the Gulf of Mexico – which is likely to develop into Tropical Storm Cindy tomorrow and threaten East Texas or Louisiana later…