Fiona Weakens to a Tropical Depression in the Central Atlantic

August 21,2016
Fiona, the sixth named storm of the Atlantic hurricane season, has weakened to a tropical depression in the central Atlantic Ocean.
Wind shear is blowing Fiona's convection away from its center of circulation, and dry air is also pervasive around the tropical cyclone. Those two factors will likely weaken Fiona to a remnant low over the next couple of days.

Current Storm Status

As the forecast path from the National Hurricane Center shows, Fiona will continue heading in a general northwest direction into the central Atlantic Ocean during the next five days and is no threat to land. Given the wind shear and dry air Fiona is battling, the system will likely degenerate into a remnant low or tropical wave in the next couple of days

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Projected Path

It's not entirely out of the question that Fiona, or what's left of it after the hostile environment, could end up somewhere near Bermuda sometime this week.
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