Overview
- Tropical Storm Hanna formed Monday about 870 miles east-northeast of Bermuda with maximum sustained winds near 45 mph and no coastal watches or warnings in effect.
- The National Hurricane Center forecasts Hanna will not strengthen into a hurricane and will become a post-tropical remnant later this week as wind shear and dry air disrupt its circulation.
- Tropical Depression Fay has lost tropical characteristics and is being tracked as a post-tropical remnant that is weakening well east of the Azores and posing only maritime impacts.
- Forecasters continue to monitor Invest 91L and the remnants of Gonzalo for rough seas and gusty conditions at sea, noting that the main risk this pattern poses is to shipping and island weather rather than U.S. coastlines.
- The wider picture is an unusually quiet Atlantic season driven by a strong El Niño that has produced eight named storms but no hurricanes and prolonged the lapse since the last Atlantic hurricane.