Current Snapshot

The Pacific Disaster Center’s (PDC Global) Monday, July 17, 2023, Tropical Cyclone Activity Report…for the Atlantic Ocean, the Caribbean Sea, and the Gulf of Mexico

CURRENT TROPICAL CYCLONES:

Tropical Storm Don…is located about 795 miles west of the Azores

Tropical Storm Don

SATELLITE WIND DATA INDICATES DON HAS BECOME A TROPICAL STORM

According to the NHC advisory number 16…

Don is moving toward the southeast near 13 mph (20 km/h). Don is forecast to turn southward within the next day or so followed by a turn westward and then northwestward on Wednesday and Thursday respectively. On the forecast track, Don should remain over the open waters of the central Atlantic.

Satellite-derived wind data indicates that maximum sustained winds have increased to near 40 mph (65 km/h) with higher gusts. Some slight additional strengthening is possible over the next couple of days.

Tropical-storm-force winds extend outward up to 105 miles (165 km) from the center.

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