Tropical Storm Danielle formed Thursday morning and was expected to become a hurricane Friday as it moved slowly out in the northern Atlantic Ocean, forecasters said.
Danielle had maximum sustained winds of 65 mph and was expected to strengthen over the next few days, according to the National Hurricane Center in Miami.
The storm was slowly moving to the east at 2 mph and was expected to move away from the United States in the coming days.
As of Thursday, a second area named Invest 91-L maintained a 70% chance of becoming a tropical depression over the next five days. While the system may become a tropical depression in a day or two, any additional organization would likely trigger a name being assigned to the system.
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Computer model forecasts were in good agreement that the ridge of high pressure in the Atlantic will force this system to curl up and away from the United States.
A third area in the eastern tropical Atlantic was being monitored for development later in the week with formation chances currently at 10%.
Only three other named storms had formed in the first three months of this year’s season, far below the active seasons of the past several years.
