A storm that formed in the Atlantic Ocean off the northeastern coast of the U.S. in January is being dubbed the year's first cyclone, the National Hurricane Center said Thursday.
Hurricane specialists recently reassessed an area of low pressure that formed in the Atlantic in mid-January, a standard procedure for the Hurricane Center, and designated it a subtropical storm.
The storm is being numbered as the first cyclone of 2023 in the Atlantic basin.
Specific information regarding the justification for the designation and the system's synoptic history and impacts will be available available in a report the National Hurricane Center said it expects to release within a couple of months.
NHC has determined that a subtropical storm formed in the Atlantic basin off the northeastern U.S. coast in mid-January 2023, and it will be designated as the first cyclone of the 2023 Atlantic season with ID AL012023.https://t.co/6idLKYJqjL pic.twitter.com/f047dch647
— National Hurricane Center (@NHC_Atlantic) May 11, 2023
