The Atlantic hurricane season has been relatively calm, with four named storms: Ana, which technically formed before hurricane season began; Bill, which flooded Guatemala and parts of Oklahoma; Claudette, which weakened near Newfoundland; and Danny.
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Late Wednesday morning, Danny was positioned about 1,400 miles east of the Lesser Antilles, and its winds were clocked at 50 mph.
Over the next few days Danny was expected to continue moving west-northwest, battling dry air that could prevent strong thunderstorms from forming, the Weather Channel reported.
This system is however not an immediate threat to Jamaica.
The storm is now not affecting any land, and it is too early to forecast landfall in the Caribbean, much less the East Coast or New England at this time.
The naturally occurring climate cycle known as El Niño has strengthened, causing several factors that prevent hurricanes from forming, such as increased wind shears, strong winds that travel in a vertical direction and enhanced sinking motion across the tropical Atlantic and Caribbean Sea.
However, Mr Kottlowski said experts have seen below average temperatures across the Atlantic region, another trend he predicted will carry throughout the rest of this season. If Danny becomes a hurricane, then it would be the first of the 2015 Atlantic hurricane season, AccuWeather said.
The National Hurricane Center calls any Category 3 or higher storm a major hurricane.
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We’ll likely know more by the end of the weekend when Danny has likely become a Category 2 hurricane and already weakened, continuing its trend of growing and shrinking at a very quick pace.
