An instrument on a satellite indicated that there could be surface winds to tropical storm force in an area of thunderstorms east of the center of Tropical Depression Eight and the National Hurricane Center designated the system as Tropical Storm Henri.\u00a0 At 11:00 p.m. EDT on Wednesday the center of Tropical Storm Henri was located latitude 31.3\u00b0N and longitude 60.7\u00b0W which put it about 250 miles (405 km) east-southeast of Bermuda.\u00a0 Henri was moving toward the north at 5 m.p.h.\u00a0 The maximum sustained wind speed was 40 m.p.h. (65 km\/h) and there were wind gusts to 50 m.p.h. (80 km\/h).\u00a0 The minimum surface pressure was 1008 mb.<\/p>\n
Henri is not a very well organized tropical storm.\u00a0 An upper level low centered north of Bermuda is causing brisk southwesterly winds over the top of Henri.\u00a0 The vertical wind shear is blowing the tops off of thunderstorms that start to form near the center of circulation.\u00a0 As a result of the wind shear, the stronger thunderstorms are all located well to the east of the center of the tropical storm.\u00a0 Henri is over warm Sea Surface Temperatures (SSTs) which are above normal in that part of the western Atlantic Ocean.\u00a0 So, there is plenty of energy to support intensification.\u00a0 However, as long as the upper level low creates significant vertical wind shear, intensification will be minimal.\u00a0 It is possible that as Henri moves toward the north that the wind shear could decrease.\u00a0 In that case Henri could intensify during the next day or two before it moves over cooler SSTs.<\/p>\n
An upper level trough over the eastern U.S. should steer Henri toward the north during the next several day.\u00a0 On its anticipated track, Henri could pass near Newfoundland during the weekend.\u00a0 Henri could be in the process of transitioning from a tropical storm to an extratropical cyclone at that time, but it could still bring strong winds and rain to parts of extreme eastern Canada.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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