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CRISTOBAL

TS Atlantic Basin Updated: 2026-08-12 15:00 UTC
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Tropical Storm CRISTOBAL in the Atlantic — 45 mph winds, forecast to weaken, no immediate threat to land

Why forecasters expect this

Steering (what’s pushing the storm along): Cristobal is currently squeezed between a large area of high pressure to its south and another ridge (an elongated zone of high pressure) to its northeast. Those features are guiding it quickly east now. As it moves along the southwestern edge of that northern high-pressure ridge, it should gradually bend more toward the northeast and slow down.…