Tropical Storm Larry “Not A Threat At This Time”
Tropical Storm Larry is “not a threat to Bermuda at this time”, the Bermuda Weather Service said, with its closest point of approach to Bermuda within 72 hours forecast to be 1560 nm to the ESE at 6.00am on Saturday [Sept 4], with the BWS noting that “this system may move closer to Bermuda after this time period depending upon its track.”
Graphic courtesy of the BWS:
The latest forecast from the U.S. National Hurricane Center said, “At 800 AM CVT [0900 UTC], the center of Tropical Storm Larry was located near latitude 12.3 North, longitude 24.8 West. Larry is moving toward the west near 20 mph [31 km/h]. A westward to west-northwestward motion is expected during the next couple of days, followed by a turn to the northwest over the weekend.
“Maximum sustained winds have increased to near 45 mph [75 km/h] with higher gusts. Additional strengthening is forecast during the next few days and Larry is forecast to become a hurricane by late Thursday or Friday.
“Tropical-storm-force winds extend outward up to 60 miles [95 km] from the center. The estimated minimum central pressure is 1003 mb [29.62 inches].”
Graphic courtesy of the NHC:
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