MIAMI—Tropical Storm Arlene, the first named storm of the Atlantic hurricane season, formed Friday in the Gulf of Mexico on a track taking the cyclone south toward the western tip of Cuba.
National Hurricane Center forecasters (NHC) said on Friday that Tropical Depression Two has been upgraded to Tropical Storm Arlene in the Gulf of Mexico. In a 5 a.m. ET advisory Saturday, the NHC said Arlene had sustained winds of 40 mph (65 kph) and was located about 165 miles (265 kilometers) west of the Dry Tortugas. It’s moving south-southeast near 9 mph (15 kph). It added that Arlene is likely to weaken and become a tropical depression on Saturday.
