Tropical storm Bret arrived yesterday in the Bay of Campeche, which is pronounced "CAHm - pӘch-EH," not "Campeechy" as it is so mangled by our local newcasters.*
Bret began as a cluster of organized thunderstorms organized as Tropical Depression Two or TD #2 as those of us so enviably in the know would call it. At some point between 8 and 11 last night, it strengthened enough to become a tropical storm and hence got its name.
Bret made landfall near Tuxpan, México some time after 8:00 this morning and has now weakened to a rainmaker. It is, thankfully, dying out.
More info on Bret: National Hurricane Center.
Current counts are posted at right.
*Please pardon me for using "eh" in place of the "long a" symbol; I couldn't find a character entity to render it properly.
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