The first hurricane of the 2023 season began as Tropical Storm Don in the Atlantic Ocean Saturday.
Don is not expected to make landfall per the National Hurricane Center as it sits over 480 miles south-southeast of Cape Race, Newfoundland. It also reported winds of 75 mph at one point and has since been reverted to a tropical storm categorization on Sunday.
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5pm AST July 22 -- #Don has intensified into a #Hurricane, the 1st of the 2023 Atlantic Hurricane Season, with max winds of 75 mph.
— National Hurricane Center (@NHC_Atlantic) July 22, 2023
Don is not a threat to land, and is forecast to become post-tropical over the central-north Atlantic early next week.https://t.co/uKPmUl5jPR pic.twitter.com/2mS15PYezw
By Sunday night, the NHC expects Don to become a post-tropical cyclone as it moves northeastward. Other than that, the center reports a 40% chance of a separate cyclone forming south in the Atlantic Ocean.
Last year, Hurricane Danielle was the first hurricane of the season on Sept 1. The season before that, the first hurricane of the season was Claudette on June 17.
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"Hurricanes are powerhouse weather events that suck heat from tropical waters to fuel their fury," the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration explains on its website. "These violent storms form over the ocean, often beginning as a tropical wave—a low pressure area that moves through the moisture-rich tropics, possibly enhancing shower and thunderstorm activity."
There are no advisories issued in connection to Hurricane Don.