FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — Though Hurricane Danielle and Tropical Storm Earl are forecast to meander in the open Atlantic, Earl is expected to become the season’s first major hurricane late in the week. Additionally, a third tropical wave has emerged off the west coast of Africa.
Tropical Storm Earl has maximum sustained winds of 65 mph and is expected to become a hurricane by Wednesday, according to the 5 p.m. advisory from the National Hurricane Center.
Tropical Storm Earl is located about 265 miles north of St. Thomas and the Virgin Islands, and picked up speed as it moves to the north at 6 mph, forecasters said. Earl’s tropical-storm-force winds extended out up to 105 miles.
