As of 1:30 PM EDT/AST August 23, 2015
Now Tropical Storm Danny is making its move on its first target, The Leeward Islands. Already, Tropical Storm warnings are in effect for locations in the northern portions of the islands, along with newly issued Tropical Storm watches for Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands. This means that Tropical Storm conditions are possible or are expected over the following few days.
Track/Intensity
So, where is Danny going?
That is the question most are asking at the moment, although, Danny wont be going anywhere if he doesn’t survive the harsh environment he has moved into. This, of course, consists of a ton of wind shear created by the El Nino that is expected to gain strength and potentially bring an end to the California drought this winter. The wind shear was supposed to, at least by now, make Danny a bit smaller and less defined, but viewing the following (as of 1:30 PM EDT/AST), you may see something other than that.
This image shows that Danny is still fighting the wind shear, and although is a bit less defined, is still expanding and has more and more convection towards the center of the storm.
At the moment the National Hurricane Center is one of the lead downers in terms of computer model forecast for intensity. With the forecast that Danny will fizzle out by the Bahamas, you can begin to imagine the differences that have been created between the OFCL (NHC computer model), and a computer model such as the GNTI computer model, which at the moment as of 12 UTC August 23 2015 suggests a category four hurricane to be off the coast of the Carolinas over the next week and a half.
These are images both available from TropicalTidbits.com, these images illustrate the the spaghetti models for Danny on a simpler format.
None of these forecasts are official, except of course for the NHC forecast below.
We’ll keep you updated as more information comes out over the next few days.
Also related on our Hurricanes 360 page: Tropical Storm Danny, and Invest 98L
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