Meteorologists are closely monitoring the storm for any potential to reorganize over the eastern part of the Gulf of Mexico early this week, AccuWeather said.
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Fred, with maximum sustained winds this morning near 80 mph, was centered about 40 miles west of Rabil in the Cape Verde Islands and was moving northwest, according to the National Hurricane Center.
The Cape Verde islands are steep, rocky and volcanic in origin, according to the Central Intelligence Agency.
Erika fizzled. And Hurricane Fred came to life.
Notice how most of the rain is located across North Carolina and South Carolina.
The center’s records stretch back to 1851.
[In new record, three Cat 4 hurricanes spin simultaneously in Pacific]. Fred had winds of 70 miles per hour and was moving to the northwest at 15 miles per hour late Sunday.
The islands are typically unaffected by hurricanes.
Forecasters say the storm will likely continue to weaken, becoming a tropical depression by Friday night and a remnant low by Saturday night. The hurricane does not at present pose a menace to land. This is an area around the equator where northeast and southeast winds come together.
There will be slightly better chances for scattered showers and storms during the afternoon hours, but the rain will still be hit or miss.
The tide is expected to be that high again about 10 a.m. Monday and around 7.1- to 7.3-feet about 10 p.m. Monday.
Fred is the fourth Atlantic named storm to form east of 19 degrees West longitude, the National Hurricane Center said in its advisory issued for the storm. The average date for the formation of the sixth storm is September 7. Scientists already predicted that the meteorological anomaly would spark a very busy 2015 hurricane season.
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The Global Precipitation Measurement or GPM mission core satellite passed over Fred when it was developing in the Eastern Atlantic early August 30 and saw “hot towers” in the storm, which hinted that the storm was intensifying.
