Hurricane Danielle and Tropical Storm Earl

BY MAGGIE OLIVE KLEIN
KONKLIFE STAFF WRITER AND EDITOR 

As I’m sure you know, we have had a historically low Atlantic Hurricane Season this year. The month of August 2022 had no tropical storms or hurricane formations, but activity has begun as September approached. Danielle, the first hurricane of the Atlantic season 2022, has been upgraded from a tropical storm into a hurricane on September 2nd. According to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Danielle becoming the season’s first hurricane on Friday is more than three weeks later than the statistical average of August 11th. It is the latest an Atlantic season hurricane has formed since 2013, when Hurricane Humberto was formed on September 11th

Hurricane Danielle is in the northern mid-Atlantic and is gradually strengthening and turning northward. It is maintaining its Category 1 strength and is forecast to become a subtropical storm by Thursday. Hurricane Danielle has caused no hurricane watches, and there are no threats to land as of recent reports. 

As of midday Tuesday, Tropical Storm Earl, the 5th named system in 2022, was centered 600 miles south of Bermuda, and had a maximum sustained wind at 65 MPH. As reported on Fox News, Tropical Storm Earl is expected to become a hurricane later this week. Earl is expected to move slowly toward the north through Wednesday, and then gain forward speed, and turn more northeasterly by Thursday. The National Hurricane Center has confidently stated that the path of Earl is steering clear of the U.S. East Coast, and it will likely become the second hurricane of the season. The storm is still expected to grow in strength in the next few days as it makes its way northward into potentially strong wind shear. 

Most likely, Tropical Storm Earl will make its closest pass to Bermuda from late Thursday into early Friday as a Category 1 or 2. Although Earl is not expected to bring any direct impacts to the U.S., because it is likely to head out into the open waters of the North Atlantic, it will still bring an increased chance of rip currents at beaches along the Eastern Seaboard. 

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