BWS: Tropical Storm Earl Is A “Potential Threat”
Tropical Storm Earl is a “potential threat to Bermuda” the Bermuda Weather Service said today [Sept 4] with the closest point of approach to within 72 hours is forecast to be 385 nm to the south at 12pm on Wed [Sept 7] with the BWS noting “this system may move closer to Bermuda after this time period depending upon its track.”
The latest forecast from the U.S. based National Hurricane Center said, “Earl is meandering currently with an estimated motion toward the northwest near 3 mph [6 km/h]. A slow turn to the north-northwest is expected to begin tomorrow followed by a turn northward later this week.
“Maximum sustained winds are near 50 mph [85 km/h] with higher gusts. Slow strengthening is forecast over the next several days, and Earl could become a hurricane in a couple of days. Tropical-storm-force winds extend outward up to 105 miles [165 km] from the center.”
