National Hurricane Center monitoring Tropical Storms Paulette and Rene in Atlantic

Published by BBN Staff at September 8, 2020

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Posted: Tuesday, September 8, 2020. 6:29 pm CST.

By BBN Staff: The Atlantic Hurricane Season is peaking, and the National Hurricane Center (NHC) is monitoring recently formed Tropical Storms Paulette and Rene in the Atlantic.

As of this evening, the center of Tropical Storm Paulette was located near latitude 18.7 North, longitude 44.3 West.

Paulette is moving toward the northwest near 8 mph (13 km/h). A slightly faster motion toward the west-northwest or northwest is expected for the next couple of days.

Forecasters from the NHC say that some slight strengthening is possible tonight. Gradual weakening is then expected to begin on Wednesday and should continue for a couple days thereafter.

Tropical Storm Rene is the 17th named storm of the 2020 atlantic hurricane season. Rene was located near latitude 16.8 North, longitude 27.9 West.

Rene is moving toward the west near 16 mph (26 km/h), and a motion toward the west or west-northwest is expected over the next couple of days, followed by a turn to the northwest.

Gradual strengthening is forecasted, and Rene is expected to become a hurricane in a couple of days.

This year, there have been 17 named storms, including five hurricanes.

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