TORONTO – As people in the Maritimes brace for the arrival of Gabrielle, Hurricane Humberto is making its way north and there’s another threat of a tropical cyclone forming in the Gulf of Mexico.
Though the Atlantic hurricane season hasn’t produced many hurricanes – Humberto became the first one on Tuesday – it has produced 11 storms, with eight of them named (meaning they reached a tropical storm stage).
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Gabrielle dropped down to a tropical depression on Wednesday, but regained its strength early Thursday morning once again becoming a tropical storm.
Though it is forecast to once again weaken, Nova Scotia and the Maritimes will likely feel the effects of Gabrielle by late Friday.
Humberto remains at Category 1 hurricane status in the Atlantic Ocean, with no threat to land.
Meanwhile, an area of low pressure, which means unsettled weather, has moved over the southern bay of Campeche in the Gulf of Mexico. The National Hurricane Center in Miami, Fla., forecasts that the disturbance has a 60 percent chance of becoming a tropical cyclone over the next two days.
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