MIAMI, CMC – The second hurricane of the 2010 season strengthened to a Category Two status, but weather forecasters said that Danielle was far out at sea and posed no immediate threat to any Caribbean country.
The Miami-based National Hurricane Centre (NHC) said that the storm was 1, 110 miles east of the Lesser Antilles and had winds of 100 miles per hour.
It said that Danielle was located latitude 15.9 north, longitude 44.6 west and it is moving towards the west near 20 miles per hour.
“A turn towards the west northwest and then northwest is expected by early Wednesday,” the NHC said warning that additional strengthening is forecast and Danielle could become a major hurricane by early Wednesday.
Earlier this month, forecasters at the Colorado State University maintained their prediction for an above average Atlantic hurricane season this year.
The hurricane team, which includes the respected meteorologist William Gray, said it was sticking with its June prediction of 18 named storms – ten of them hurricanes – the year based on unusually warm sea surface temperatures and the development of a La Niña weather phenomenon.
Gray and his colleagues have predicted that five of the hurricanes will develop into major systems with sustained winds of 111 miles per hour or greater.
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