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Tropical Storm Fernand has formed successful the Atlantic Ocean, forecasters said Saturday.
Fernand is the sixth named tempest of the 2025 Atlantic hurricane season, and it comes connected the heels of Hurricane Erin, which formed successful a akin country connected Aug. 15.
As of 5 p.m. Eastern Time Saturday, the Miami-based National Hurricane Center said Fernand was located astir 405 miles south-southeast of Bermuda with maximum sustained winds of 40 miles per hour.
A upwind velocity probabilities representation for Tropical Storm Fernand. Aug. 23, 2025.
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2025 Atlantic hurricane season
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, oregon NOAA, forecast an above-normal hurricane season this year, predicting determination volition beryllium betwixt 13 and 18 named storms. Five to 9 of those are expected to go hurricanes.
Fernand follows Hurricane Erin, the archetypal tempest to go a hurricane this season. Erin didn't marque landfall, but astatine its highest it grew to a ferocious Category 5, and it caused beardown winds, unsafe rip currents and flooding on parts of the East Coast.
A tropical tempest forms erstwhile maximum sustained upwind speeds scope astatine slightest 39 mph. It becomes a hurricane if winds scope astatine slightest 74 mph. Hurricanes are rated connected a scale ranging from Category 1 to Category 5, with Categories 3-5 indicating large hurricane strength.
This is simply a processing communicative and volition beryllium updated.
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