Tropical storm Edouard is fifth named storm of 2020, earliest such Atlantic storm on record

And today a weather system off the East coast developed into tropical storm Fay, making it the 6th named storm of 2020.

Edouard didn't get much notice in the U.S., because it headed east, away from the U.S and toward the British Isles

https://www.yaleclimateconnections.org/2020/07/tropical-storm-edouard-is-fifth-named-storm-of-2020/

By Jeff Masters, Ph.D. | Monday, July 6, 2020

Mother Nature put on her own modest Fourth of July fireworks over the weekend, when Tropical Depression 5 formed near Bermuda on July 4. Despite marginal conditions for development – sea surface temperatures (SSTs) near 25 degrees Celsius (77°F), moderate wind shear, and dry air – TD 5 managed to intensify into Tropical Storm Edouard at 11 p.m. EDT July 5. By 11 a.m. EDT July 6, Edouard had intensified to 45 mph winds as it sped northeast at 37 mph over the open Atlantic.

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Edouard passed very close to Bermuda as a tropical depression on the morning of July 5, bringing moderate rains and gusty winds. The Bermuda airport recorded peak sustained winds of 25 mph at 7:09 a.m. Atlantic Standard Time July 5. No other land areas will be affected by Edouard, which is expected to be destroyed by cold waters, strong wind shear, and a frontal zone that will absorb it on Tuesday. Edouard is the type of weak and short-lived storm that might have not been named before the satellite era.

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A small area of low pressure that formed on July 5 along an old cold front along the Florida Panhandle coast moved inland to the northeast on the morning of July 6. This low, designated 98L by NOAA’s National Hurricane Center, is expected to grow in size and possibly emerge off the coast of North Carolina by mid-week. The system is expected to move north to northeast and hug the mid-Atlantic coast late in the week.

And we now know it did develop into tropical storm Fay.

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https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/12061371/storm-edouard-tracker-map-where-now/

Storm Edouard tracker and map: Where is it now?

Dan Keane
9 Jul 2020, 7:28Updated: 9 Jul 2020, 9:21

THE UK is set for windy and heavy rain as the remnants of Storm Edouard leave a trail of miserable weather across the country.

The tropical cyclone, which originated in the US, is making its way across the Atlantic Ocean towards the British Isles - but where is it now?

Storm Edouard is currently nearing the Irish coastline, after originating in a cluster of storms in the Tennessee Valley in the south of the US on July 1.

Tracker Accuweather estimates that the storm is now around 335 miles west of Limerick, a city on the western coast of Ireland.

The remnants of the storm are expected to be seen on Thursday (July 9), with heavy rain expected across the UK.

Storm Edouard was downgraded on Monday, July 6, to a tropical cyclone as it moved away from the east coast of the US.

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