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Tropical Storm Delta
Current storm status Tropical storm (1-min mean)
Satellite image Forecast map
As of:	8:00 p.m. EDT (00:00 UTC October 5) October 4
Location:	16°24′N 78°24′W / 16.4°N 78.4°W / 16.4; -78.4 (Tropical Storm Delta) ± 20 nm About 75 mi (125 km) S of Kingston, Jamaica About 325 mi (525 km) ESE of Grand Cayman
Sustained winds:	35 kn (40 mph; 65 km/h) (1-min mean) gusting to 45 kn (50 mph; 85 km/h)
Pressure:	1004 mbar (29.65 inHg)
Movement:	WNW at 9 kt (10 mph; 17 km/h)
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Tropical Storm Delta is an active tropical cyclone currently threatening parts of Cuba, the Cayman Islands, and the Gulf Coast of the United States. It is the twenty-sixth tropical cyclone and twenty-fifth named storm of the extremely active 2020 Atlantic hurricane season. Delta formed from a tropical wave which was first monitored by the NHC on October 1. The wave lacked a closed circulation when it was designated Potential Tropical Cyclone Twenty-Six at 21:00 UTC on October 4. At 3:00 UTC the next day, the system grew a closed circulation and was designated as a tropical depression. Just nine hours later, the depression strengthened into Tropical Storm Delta.

Once becoming a tropical storm, Delta was the earliest 25th named storm on record, surpassing Tropical Storm Gamma of 2005 by 44 days.

On October 1, the NHC noted a tropical wave in the eastern Caribbean for potential development.^[1] It moved steadily westward at 15–20 miles per hour (24–32 km/h) and began to organize late on October 3.^[2] Although it lacked sufficient organization to be deemed a tropical cyclone, its imminent threat to land prompted the NHC to initiate advisories on the disturbance, classifying it as Potential Tropical Cyclone Twenty-Six at 21:00 UTC at October 4.^[3] At 03:00 UTC on October 5, it organized into a tropical depression.^[4] Just nine hours later, the depression strengthened into Tropical Storm Delta. ^[5]

Soon after Delta’s formation, a Tropical Storm Warning was issued for the islands of Grand Cayman and Cayman Brac.

As Delta neared Cuba, a Hurricane Watch was issued for the provinces Pinar Del Rio, Artemisa and the Isle of Youth, with a Tropical Storm Watch being issued for La Habana.^[6]

The precursor to Delta caused squally weather in the Lesser Antilles, ABC Islands, Virgin Islands, Puerto Rico, and Hispaniola.^{[7] [8]}

• Tropical cyclones in 2020
• Other storms of the same name
• Hurricane Gustav (2008) - Took a nearly identical track.
• Hurricane Lili (2002) - Affected similar areas and took a somewhat similar track.

• The National Hurricane Center's Advisory Archive on Tropical Depression Twenty-Five
• National Hurricane Center (NHC)

Category:Atlantic tropical storms Category:2020 Atlantic hurricane season