Watches May Be Issued Later Today For East Coast Of United States

Good late morning to everyone. Hurricaneville continues to monitor the progress of Tropical Storm Danny as it meanders westward in the Western Atlantic. As of the 11 AM EDT Advisory from the National Hurricane Center, Danny was located some 320 miles Northeast of Nassau, or about 550 miles South-Southeast of Cape Hatteras, North Carolina. Mostly everything remains status quo. Maximum sustained winds remain at 60 miles per hour with gusts up to 70 miles per hour. Minimum central pressure remains at 1006 millibars, or 29.71 inches of Hg.

The change from earlier this morning is that the storm is moving erratically. Wobbling westward, Danny has picked up some forward speed, and is moving to the Northwest at 13 miles per hour. The storm is still projected to turn to the North with an increase in forward speed is expected over the next 24 hours. Gradual strengthening is also expected over the next couple of days. A Tropical Storm Watch may be issued for portions of the Eastern Seaboard from North Carolina to New England later today. Models still are in fairly good agreement that this storm will stay away from the Jersey Shore although Accu-Weather still has the Garden State in its cone of uncertainty. Intensity forecasts are still indicating that Danny will be a Category One Hurricane on the Saffir-Simpson Scale by the time it is near Cape Hatteras on Saturday morning.

Hurricaneville is going to issue a Storm Report shortly as well as a Tracking the Tropics segment. The site will continue to monitor the progress of this storm as it continues to head toward the U.S. East Coast. Further updates will be posted to the blog.