Tropical Storm Earl is likely to become the first major hurricane of the 2022 Atlantic hurricane season as it passes to the east of Bermuda, unleashing some impacts on the islands late this week. The Atlantic is heating up following a historic quiet period, and there are a slew of other tropical disturbances in the Atlantic that are being monitored for development, according to AccuWeather meteorologists.
After being named Tropical Storm Earl, with maximum sustained winds of 40 mph, on Sept. 2, the system struggled to maintain strength due to disruptive wind shear over the weekend. But as of Tuesday morning, Earl was packing maximum sustained winds of 65 mph (105 km/h).
