The fourth named storm of the season, Dolly, has formed. It’s in Canada.
The fourth named storm of the season has formed off the coast of Canada, the National Hurricane Center announced Tuesday afternoon.
As of the 1 p.m. update, Tropical Storm Dolly was headed northeast and posed zero threat to land anytime soon. Forecasters said the storm is expected to weaken to a depression by Wednesday and dissolve by early Thursday.
“This [is] not a typical location for tropical storms to form but it’s entirely possible — and it just happened!,” tweeted meteorologist Ryan Maue.
Arthur, the first named storm of the 2020 season, was the sixth storm in a row to form before hurricane season’s official start date on June 1. Tropical Storm Bertha also formed before the season got started and brought rain to North Carolina’s coast.
Tropical Storm Cristobal started out as Amanda in the Pacific Basin before weakening, crossing into the Gulf of Mexico and reforming as Cristobal.
NOAA, as well as several academic groups, have predicted an active hurricane season for 2020 with a possibility for “extreme activity”. NOAA predicts the formation of 13 to 19 named storms this season, 6 to 10 hurricanes and 3 to 6 major hurricanes.
The next named storm would be called Edouard.
This story was originally published June 23, 2020 at 1:23 PM.
