Danny rests overnight, track shifts further east
August 28, 2009
Tropical Storm Danny continues to exhibit strange behavior and shape, but aircraft recon is still recording sustained winds around 40 mph in the strongest quadrants to the East of the low pressure center. Significant wind shear has kept most of the convection from forming around the low and hindered possible strengthening overnight.
Danny will encounter an upper level ridge which should provide enough stability to increase winds to 50 mph over the next 24 hours. However a deep surface trough will begin to overtake the storm and its forward, or rather northeastward motion will pick up speed.
Tropical Storm Watches remain in effect for the Outer Banks, but the probability of experiencing TS winds is relatively low at 20-30%. The TS wind speed probabilities for Cape Hatteras have decreased a bit as well for the weekend. Rip tides will again be present, though the wave activity is not as large as Bill, which was a strong Cat-2 (and growing) at a similar latitude last week.
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