Last Advisory Issued On Danielle

On Tuesday night, the National Hurricane Center in Miami, Florida, issued the final advisory on Danielle, which had weakened to a tropical storm before losing its tropical characteristics. The fourth named storm, second hurricane, and first major hurricane of the 2010 Atlantic Hurricane season steered clear of any land areas a couple days ago, and hadn’t been a threat since unless you were a ship in the vicinity of the storm.

As of the 11:00 PM EDT Advisory, Danielle was located 475 miles Southeast of Cape Race, Newfoundland in the Canadian Maritimes, and was moving to the East-Northeast at 15 miles per hour. Maximum sustained winds were still at 70 miles per hour with a minimum central pressure at 975 millibars, or 28.79 inches of Hg. The storm is expected to continue moving to the East-Northeast over the next 24 hours before picking up forward speed and turning to the Northeast on Wednesday. In addition, the system is expected to continue gradually weakening, and then become absorbed by a larger low pressure system over the North Atlantic.

Danielle had been the strongest hurricane of the 2010 season in the Atlantic until Earl intensified to a Category Four Hurricane on the Saffir-Simpson Scale on Wednesday. Danielle’s pressure dipped to 942 millibars, or 27.82 inches of Hg while Earl is now the strongest storm in terms of pressure with 933 millibars, or 27.55 inches of Hg. Earl is also forecast to get stronger with winds peaking at 145 to 150 miles per hour.