We're just two days past the climatological peak in the Atlantic Hurricane Season, and things are actually looking pretty quiet! Tropical Storm Maria is the only named storm in the Atlantic basin right now, and it poses little or no threat to the U.S. coastline. Some higher surf is about all that we're expecting for the Northeast and mid-Atlantic states. Outside the U.S., the Virgin Islands and Puerto Rico could see tropical storm force winds and rainfall amounts of 2-6" through tomorrow.
Maria currently has maximum sustained winds of 50 mph and is located 800 miles south/southwest of Bermuda. It is currently moving northwest at just 2 mph. Despite Maria's slow movement, the storm will not linger. It is expected to pick-up speed and curve more to the north and northeast in the coming days.
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