Far away from the U.S. mainland, Hurricane Tammy still is expected to affect Atlantic regions with large ocean swells. Image courtesy of NOAA
Hurricane Tammy on Tuesday moved slowly northeastward in the southwestern Atlantic Ocean, forecasters said.
A turn toward the north still is expected later this week, National Hurricane Center forecasters said, adding that a more northwestwardly track of the storm could be seen by late Thursday or early Friday. Advertisement
In their 5 p.m. Tuesday advisory, the National Hurricane Center located the storm at about 565 miles south-southeast of Bermuda, moving northwest at 8 mph. The system has maximum sustained winds of 75 mph.
As the storm continues to remain far away from the U.S. mainland, forecasters say one of its biggest threats for the next few days will be its ocean swells, which will continue to affect parts of the Leeward Islands, as well as the British and U.S. Virgin Islands.
Puerto Rico also will feel effects from ocean swells for the next few days, forecasters said.
NHC officials said rain bands across southern parts of the storm still are expected to drop about 1 to 3 inches of rain across parts of the Virgin Islands and the Leeward Islands, as well.
