Tropical Storm Earl formed southwest of the Cape Verde Islands from a Tropical Depression today. This storm will follow in the ‘footsteps’ of Hurricane Danielle, but in 3 to 4 days, it will be acted upon by upper level steering currents and will push the storm much farther west and possibly into the Caribbean Sea near Puerto Rico early next week. Our computer modeling for ‘Earl’ is showing a possible southeastern US involvement into the middle of next week and weekend, but it is very early in the process for accurate tracking. Our modeling will be refined each day and we will post unofficial details as conditions warrant. We are also tracking an intense Tropical Wave that just came off the west African coast and this low pressure area may become named storm ‘Fiona’ within the next 36 hours.
Note: IF the anticipated track of Hurricane Danielle moves any farther to the west threatening New England, we will update that posting thread accordingly. As of this posting, Danielle is moving as predicted.
For up to the minute official advisories and information, please visit the NHC website in Miami
http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/
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