Current Status
Forecast Track
Highlights
- Tropical Storm Henri became the eighth named storm of the Atlantic hurricane season Wednesday night.
- Henri is currently located about 800 miles south-southwest of Cape Race, Newfoundland.
- Henri will gradually curl northeastward and could brush Newfoundland Saturday as a post-tropical cyclone.
(MORE: Expert Analysis | Hurricane Central)
Henri, like the previous four Atlantic named storms, is battling the twin nemeses of wind shear and dry air.(INTERACTIVE: Follow Tropical Storm Henri with our new Interactive Storm Tracker)
Henri continued to look increasingly less organized via satellite imagery Friday. Wind shear continues to push convection northeast of the center of the system's circulation, putting a lid on the system's potential to better organize. Water vapor imagery also indicates dry air has infiltrated Henri's circulation, as well.
A southward dip in the jet stream approaching from the eastern U.S. will accelerate the system northward, then curl it northeastward in the next day or so.
Whether the system loses its tropical characteristics or not beforehand, there is some potential for a quick bout heavy rain and gusty winds in southeast Newfoundland Saturday as the system quickly sweeps by.
Senior meteorologist Stu Ostro said we have now had the same number of storms in 2015 (eight) as occurred in the last strong El Nino year of 1997. The eighth storm of 1997 did not occur until October 16.
Stay tuned to The Weather Channel and check back with weather.com for updates on this system.
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