Hurricane Danny forms in the Atlantic

Danny has become the first hurricane of the 2015 hurricane season and the fourth named storm.

Although it has strengthened, Hurricane Danny is a comparatively small tropical cyclone, the hurricane middle stated. Hurricane Danny’s minimum pressure has lowered to 990 millibars and it’s still moving to the west-northwest.

Puerto Rico should be feeling Danny by Tuesday morning with winds of 50 miles per hour.

It’s located less than 1000 miles east-southeast of the Leeward Islands. Such storms often wildly fluctuate up and down in strength.

Forecasters said Danny could strengthen some more Friday, but should begin to weaken on Saturday. The dry air is robbing the storm of moisture it would need to rapidly intensify.

Hurricane Danny continued to plow Thursday toward the Leeward Islands, but little has changed from earlier forecasts and little more is known about its eventual destination. Over 63 percent of Puerto Rico is suffering from drought, forcing the U.S. territory to enact severe water rationing measures.

While Danny will bring the potential for flash flooding, rough seas and surf as well as travel disruptions to the northeastern part of the Caribbean, it will also bring beneficial rain. Now NHC is reporting that by Friday evening Hurricane Danny will weakened.

A significant area of disturbed weather is emerging off Africa. Environmental conditions could support some tropical or subtropical development while this system moves slowly northward through the weekend.

The track from that point on is still up in the air. At the slim chance the storm scoots into the Gulf of Mexico, it would still be at least another 10 days before the storm even arrives on the doorstep of the Gulf of Mexico. The good news with that system is if it does develop, it will move to the north and not pose a threat to the Carolina coastline.