A new storm has formed in the Atlantic Ocean and has already set a record

Less than 24 hours after becoming a tropical storm, the system, named Dolly, lost its tropical characteristics in the North Atlantic Ocean. The storm, however, is still one of the "record holders", becoming the second earliest storm with a name starting with the letter D to form in the Atlantic, writes AccuWeather.

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Subtropical Depression Four strengthened to Tropical Storm Dolly off the northeast coast of the United States on Tuesday, June 23, and remained a tropical storm until the evening of that day.

Not only did Dolly become a rare June storm with a name starting with a D—only the third in human history—but will also go down in the history books as the second-largest storm in the Atlantic Basin with the word “four” in its name.

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According to the National Hurricane Center (NHC), the maximum sustained storm wind intensified to 45 mph (72,4 km / h) on June 23 when it raged off the East Coast, about 370 miles (about 600 km) south of Nova Scotia.

Dolly's life span was very short. On Wednesday, June 24, at noon Eastern Standard Time, Dolly lost her tropical characteristics over the colder waters of the northern Atlantic Ocean.

Dolly, as a non-tropical system, will remain in the southeast of Nova Scotia and will remain there until the end of Wednesday, June 24, and then on Thursday, June 25, will move southeast of Newfoundland as a post-tropical system.

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By the end of June, four named tropical storms are extremely rare to form. According to NHC reports, earlier in June, only two other storms were recorded with a name on D: tropical storm Debbie in 2012 and tropical brake Daniel in 2016.

A Debbie storm formed over the South Central Gulf of Mexico before crashing into the Big Bend area in Florida on June 26, 2012. The system weakened shortly after moving inland, but caused significant flooding in the northern and central parts of the state. Storm Daniel formed in a similar area and was a short-lived tropical storm that plied through the southwestern Gulf of Mexico. A mild tropical storm hit shore near Tamahua in eastern Mexico on June 20, 2016.

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According to meteorologist Jesse Ferrell, there have been 1950 recorded storms in the Atlantic with names starting with the letter D since storm records officially began in 69. The most common names are "Dolly" - eight storms have been named so during that time - as well as "Debbie." and “Daniel” - 8 storms for each name.

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The formation of Daniel on June 20, 2016, shortly before going on land, is still a record for the earliest appearance of the fourth tropical storm of the season.

To date, 8 names have already been removed from the list of names for storms starting with the letter D - including Hurricane Diane in 1955 and Hurricane Dean in 2007. Hurricane Dorian of 2019 is also expected to be removed from the list this year. Ferrell said all of the excluded storms named D formed in August, with the exception of Dennis, which was the earliest storm on July 4, 2005.

The Atlantic hurricane season 2020 survived the earliest known third-order storm when Cristobal formed on the coast of southeast Mexico on June 2.

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The rest of the Atlantic Ocean remains calm due to an "abnormally" large dust cloud covering much of the basin and the presence of strong wind shear, or increased wind height.

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