Tropical Storm Danny Continues West

Hurricane Danny is no more. As of Saturday evening, it had weakened enough to be classified a tropical storm once more.

The first hurricane of the 2015 season was upgraded to a Category 3 storm Friday, but quickly weakened. With maximum sustained winds of 65 mph as of Saturday evening, Danny was about 520 miles east of the Leeward Islands. Danny is moving west at 14 mph.

Danny might have been the season’s first hurricane, but it’s not the only storm under watch. Forecasters are also keeping their eyes on three other disturbances in the Atlantic. The first is located near Bermuda and has a 10 percent chance of forming into a tropical cyclone in the next five days. The second storm, the most organized of the three, is located south of the Cape Verde Islands. This storm has a 60 percent of forming over the next five days. The final disturbance is anticipated to move off the west coast of Africa in the next day or two. That storm has a 40 percent of forming over the next five days.

While all four storms bear close monitoring, forecasters say they pose no immediate threat to the United States.

Residents in the Tampa Bay area will find the local weather continuing on a more normalized summertime pattern with afternoon storms possible over the next few days.

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Graphic courtesy of the National Hurricane Center