Hurricane Danny Dies, Tropical Storm Erika Emerges

Just as quickly as we saw Hurricane Danny grow and become the season’s first major hurricane within 48 hours it had faded and was torn apart my the strong wind shear that has been over the Caribbean Sea. Last night Tropical Storm Erika was named and she seems to have a more northwestward track then her short lived predecessor Danny did. Erika is expected to slowly strengthen as it heads towards the northern Leeward Islands and then up towards the southern Bahamas perhaps as the second hurricane of the season. Then is appears to be heading towards the East Coast after that. Once again, it is still to far to tell how long Erika will live and/or if she will gain hurricane status at all. The environment north of the Caribbean sea is less hostile so we will have to keep a close watch on Erika. Here is the latest official forecast track for Erika.

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