{"id":64874,"date":"2026-08-13T12:43:30","date_gmt":"2026-08-13T12:43:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/news\/64874\/"},"modified":"2026-08-13T12:43:30","modified_gmt":"2026-08-13T12:43:30","slug":"cristobal-downgraded-to-tropical-depression","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/news\/64874\/","title":{"rendered":"Cristobal downgraded to tropical depression"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Cristobal downgraded to tropical depression, expected to dissipate soon, NHC says<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/0ef9e7e2-0673-4d77-92c5-22a1e3663de5_1697751930.file.png\" width=\"48\" height=\"48\" alt=\"Allison Petro\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/p>\n<p data-node-id=\"0\">Cristobal was downgraded to a tropical depression in the open Atlantic on Thursday, according to  the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nhc.noaa.gov\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">National Hurricane Center<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p data-node-id=\"1\">The center of Cristobal is located about 610 miles west of the Azores.<\/p>\n<p data-node-id=\"2\">The system became a named storm on Wednesday morning but has since weakened into a tropical depression.<\/p>\n<p data-node-id=\"3\">The depression was moving northeast at about 16 mph, and that general motion was expected to continue through Thursday. <\/p>\n<p>Maximum sustained winds: 35 mph. Minimum central pressure: 1014 mb.Movement: East-northeast at 16 mph.<\/p>\n<p data-node-id=\"5\">There were no coastal watches or warnings in effect.<\/p>\n<p>This content is imported from x. You may be able to find the same content in another format, or you may be able to find more information, at their web site.<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">9 AM advisory has Cristobal down to a tropical depression, winds at 35 mph and pressure up to 1014 mb. Still about 610 miles west of the Azores, heading northeast at 16 mph. No watches or warnings. Dissipation expected later today. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/1gfjAy283j\" rel=\"nofollow\">pic.twitter.com\/1gfjAy283j<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Eric Burris (@EricBurrisWX) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/EricBurrisWX\/status\/2087823811131351321?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow\">August 13, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<p id=\"tracking-the-tropics\" class=\"body-text\" data-node-id=\"7\">The NHC is also monitoring <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wesh.com\/article\/invest-92l-93l-atlantic-formation-chances\/73411890\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">two other systems<\/a> in the Atlantic. <\/p>\n<p>Tracking the Tropics<\/p>\n<p data-node-id=\"9\">Stay with WESH 2 online and on-air for the most accurate Central Florida weather forecast.<\/p>\n<p data-node-id=\"11\">Download the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wesh.com\/article\/wesh-2-app\/41431568\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">WESH 2 News app<\/a> to get the most up-to-date weather alerts.<\/p>\n<p data-node-id=\"12\">The First Warning Weather team includes First Warning Chief Meteorologist <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wesh.com\/news-team\/c15dac96-e8e1-4a2f-8a7c-b0d9c1d1ede8\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Tony Mainolfi<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wesh.com\/news-team\/b84a2751-86e2-4b70-8f05-12ecc06b0236\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Eric Burris<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wesh.com\/news-team\/97bcf79a-31d8-4f11-b87a-39b3812b68f6\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Cam Tran<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/profile.php?id=61560185211984\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Victoria Wisniewski<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wesh.com\/news-team\/abedc214-9e69-4857-8bcc-5d658fde966c\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Luke Vickery<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p data-node-id=\"13\">&gt;&gt; 2026 hurricane season | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wesh.com\/article\/florida-2026-hurricane-season-long-range-forecast\/70570036\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">WESH long-range forecast<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&gt;&gt; Download Very Local | <a href=\"https:\/\/verylocal.smart.link\/uyzagwamw?site_id=website-htv&amp;creative_id=wesh&amp;cp_0=general-use&amp;cp_1=static-weather\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Stream Central Florida news and weather from WESH 2<\/a><\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Cristobal downgraded to tropical depression, expected to dissipate soon, NHC says Cristobal was downgraded to a tropical depression&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":64875,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[4],"tags":[33866,13964,33861,33871,33868,8,33864,33862,27694,9,33038,33865,33869,33863,18065,1690,7,33287,33867,33870,33872,25879,3189],"class_list":["post-64874","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-top-stories","tag-atlantic","tag-com","tag-cristobal","tag-dissipation","tag-ericburriswx","tag-headlines","tag-hurricane-cristobal","tag-hurricane-cristobal-ts-cristobal","tag-maximum","tag-news","tag-next-hurricane","tag-nhc","tag-status-2087552545963041049ref_src","tag-strom-florida","tag-system","tag-thursday","tag-top-stories","tag-tropical-storm-cristobal","tag-tropical-storm-cristobal-form","tag-twsrctfw","tag-victoria-wisniewski","tag-wesh","tag-wind"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@news\/117088262883389530","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/64874","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=64874"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/64874\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/64875"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=64874"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=64874"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=64874"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}