Hurricane Earl slightly weakened Thursday night as it produced tropical-storm-force winds on Bermuda.
Earl has maximum sustained winds of 90 mph and was moving south of Bermuda, according to the latest advisory from the National Hurricane Center
Hurricane Earl is still holding at Category 2 on Thursday evening. It could still strengthen and become a major hurricane by Friday and transition into a powerful extratropical cyclone on Saturday.
A hurricane watch for Bermuda was discontinued, but a tropical storm warning remained in effect.
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Invest 95-L could very well become Fiona in the coming days, but it curls away long before it gets anywhere near us. And the other wave that just came off the coast of Africa will move west, but there are no signs at this point that we need to worry about this. No model shows any significant development, although we’ll keep an eye on it to see if any moisture can hold together and make it to the Caribbean next week.
A fourth area of interest was a tropical wave, forecast to move off of the coast of Africa soon with a 30 percent chance of development.
Danielle and Earl formed after just three other named storms formed in the first three months of this year’s season, far below the active seasons of the past several years.
