Over the next several days this disturbance should continue to move west-northwest, toward the Caribbean Sea.
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Maximum sustained winds have increased to near 40 miles per hour with higher gusts and additional strengthening is forecast during the next 48 hours.
The storm, a few hundred miles off the Cape Verde Islands, has a 70 percent chance of becoming a tropical system within the next few days, the Hurricane Center said. They predict seven named storms and three hurricanes.
Accuweather meteorologist Evan Duffey said consistently strong wind shears are present in the Caribbean during the hurricane season. Some models take Danny more towards Haiti and the Dominican Republic, while others forecast a stormtrack to the north or south of those islands. That may be about to change as we enter the busiest part of any hurricane season. This is the first active tropical depression or named storm in the Atlantic since the final advisory was written for Claudette on July 14, a time span of more than a month.
According to the weather services agency’s 2pmforecast/advisory for Tropical Depression Eleven-E, there are no coastal watches or warnings in effect in the region. “This storm, this far out in the Atlantic, hurricane hunters can’t even reach it. This is all based off of satellite data”.
The hurricane center said Danny was in a favorable environment for strengthening, with dry air near the system the only thing that could hinder further development.
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The storm, which forecasters believe could grow into a hurricane, is expected to move into the eastern Caribbean next Monday or Tuesday. This means it is too early to determine if there will be any impacts to Florida or the United States.
