A great example of horrible journalism from aol/huffpost. In reality we have a relatively week tropical storm with 50mph winds which is located halfway between Africa and the Lesser Antilles. Of all the model runs, only one has it impacting the U.S. in 220 hours, three models have the storm weakening in the Caribbean Sea, and the other models have the Storm re-curving into the north Atlantic. As for intensity, most models agree on Danny becoming a hurricane in 48 hrs, from that point out there is divergence in the intensity forecast. The UKMET and Canadian Ships model have Danny reaching 105knts by Sunday, the European Global Model keeps the storm relatively south and eventually getting impeded by strong UL shear, and dry Saharan air. The headline out to read, First Tropical Storm of August, may strengthen into a Hurricane and threaten the Lesser Antilles.
