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Tropical Storm Cindy: ‘Some slight strengthening is forecast tomorrow, followed by gradual weakening into early next week’

By SUN HERALD BOT

Updated June 23, 2023 9:58 PM

This graphic created by the National Weather Service/NCEP Weather Prediction Center (WPC) shows the projected path.
NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER — This graphic created by the National Weather Service/NCEP Weather Prediction Center (WPC) shows the projected path. NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER SUN HERALD BOT

Article first published: Friday, June 23, 2023, 5 a.m. EST

Article last updated: Friday, June 23, 2023, 11 p.m. EST

The National Hurricane Center's 11 pm Friday advisory reported that Tropical Storm Cindy is 735 miles east of the Lesser Antilles, with maximum sustained wind of 50 mph. It’s moving 15 mph to the west-northwest.

"... the system is expected to remain well east and northeast of the northern Leeward Islands through early next week." according to analysts. "Some slight strengthening is forecast tomorrow, followed by gradual weakening into early next week."

YESTERDAY (Thursday):

Yesterday (Thursday) at 5 am, the National Hurricane Center published the first advisory for a tropical depression. The system strengthened enough to get a name: Tropical Storm Cindy. It found new strength and evolved from a tropical depression into a tropical storm with sustained winds of 40 miles per hour.

Source: National Hurricane Center

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This story was originally published June 23, 2023 at 3:58 AM.

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