The forecast for Tropical Storm Bret has changed. The National Hurricane Center says it is now far less likely to become the season's first hurricane.
"Global model forecast fields suggest that the mid-level westerly shear affecting Bret is unlikely to abate during the next few days," said Senior Hurricane Specialist Robbie Berg. "Bret's forecast intensity in the NHC prediction has been decreased, still allowing for the possibility of some strengthening, but keeping the system below hurricane strength."
The hurricane center has become more confident that Bret will continue moving west into the central Caribbean Sea by this weekend.
As of 10 a.m., no tropical storm watches or warnings have been posted for Bret, but portions of the Lesser Antilles may be under a tropical storm watch by later tonight.
A tropical wave several hundred miles southwest of the Cape Verde islands, midway between Tropical Storm Bret and the African coast, has an 80 percent chance of development into a tropical cyclone over the next week.