Maximum sustained winds have increased to near 105 miles per hour (165 kph), making Danny a Category 2 hurricane on the Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Wind Scale.
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At the same time in the Pacific, Tropical Storm Kilo was downgraded to a tropical depression but may still pose a threat to Hawaii.
Atlantic tropical activity, showing Tropical Storm Danny approaching the Caribbean and two other systems moving off the west coast of Africa. This general motion is expected to continue through Sunday night.
Tropical storm watches have been discontinued in Guadeloupe, St. Barthelemy and St. Martin.
Danny was expected to pass over Antigua and Barbuda early Monday and reach the U.S. Virgin Islands and Puerto Rico early Tuesday.
Months without rain have left Haiti and Puerto Rico bone dry, and officials in both nations are closely monitoring the situation. These locations are all now under tropical storm warnings and are expected to bear the brunt of Tropical Storm Danny’s impact. For storm information specific to your area in the United States, including possible inland watches and warnings, please monitor products issued by your local National Weather Service forecast office. It is forecast to continue moving northwest over the next five days. It became a hurricane on Thursday morning well east of the Lesser Antilles, peaking at category 3 strength on Friday afternoon.
It is also a very small hurricane which means that as it encounters the higher wind shear, rapid weakening is more likely than if Danny were a larger hurricane. The 53rd Weather Reconnaissance Squadron, known as the Hurricane Hunters, are based at Keesler Air Force Base in Biloxi, Mississippi, and provides surveillance of tropical storms and hurricanes for the National Hurricane Center.
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The first hurricane of 2015 in the Atlantic continued its westward march while losing some of the intensity that made it a Category 3 hurricane at its peak.
