Tropical Depression #6 has strengthend to Tropical Storm Florence this morning. Current location is 935 miles east of the Lesser Antilles around latitude 17.3 north and longitude 47.3 west. Here’s the latest infrared satellite loop; Florence is out in the central Atlantic Ocean and doesn’t pose a direct threat to land. The National Hurricane Center’s forecast track strengthens the tropical storm into a hurricane by Friday morning and curves it northward between the Bahamas and Bermuda. The Mid-Atlantic coast and points north will have to watch this one, although current model guidance doesn’t suggest a direct impact in the U.S. As we learned from Ernesto, you can’t always take long-range tropical forecasts to the bank so we’ll continue to monitor ol’ Flo.

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