Fay becomes season’s 6th tropical storm – poses no threat to land

If a low-pressure weather system gets enough wind and rain, it becomes a tropical storm. It even gets a name.

Now, a sixth name has been given to a tropical storm that is looming just outside the Atlantic.

But it is not expected to hit land or a metropolis.

Fay is coming

According to the Associated Press (AP), the Tropical Storm named Fay had sustained winds of up to 65 mph (100 km/h) yesterday, but there are no coastal warnings that it will land in the southern part of the US.

As of right now, the storm is moving toward the Azores, a group of islands that belonging to Portugal, located west of the mainland in the North Atlantic Ocean.

There are around 250,000 people living in this remote Portuguese archipelago, but according to AccuWeather, Fay will not get near the islands.

“No direct impacts are forecast in the islands from this system at this time,” said AccuWeather Meteorologist Alex Duffus.

Hurricane season rages on

As reported here earlier, a super El Niño is currently affecting a lot of the world’s temperatures.

According to AccuWeather, El Niño creates storms in the Pacific Ocean, while the Atlantic is usually quiet.

The eastern Pacific Ocean has already seen 16 storms and five hurricanes. The moisture and humidity from Tropical Storm Fay could venture down to Miami or Tampa and create heavy showers and thunderstorms as it did yesterday.

This article is made and published by Daniel Wolfram, who may have used AI in the preparation