Teddy heads for Nova Scotia
ORLANDO, Fla. — The National Hurricane Center continues to monitor several storms across the Atlantic basin Sunday, including Hurricane Teddy, Tropical Storm Beta and now Tropical Depression Wilfred.
In the mid-Atlantic, Hurricane Teddy dropped from Category 3 to Category 2 on Sunday morning. It was the second major hurricane of the year, reaching its peak at Category 4 with 140 mph winds on Friday.
At 9 p.m. Sunday, the Canadian Hurricane Centre issued a Tropical Storm Watch for the coast of Nova Scotia, from Lower East Pubnico to Canso, due to Hurricane Teddy packing maximum sustained winds of 105 mph and higher gusts. Teddy is forecast to be approaching Nova Scotia late Tuesday or Wednesday, according to the NHC.
Bermuda, which remains under a Tropical Storm Warning, endured a direct hit from Hurricane Paulette last week.
Hurricane-force winds extend 80 miles from Teddy’s center and its tropical-stormforce winds extend outward up to 230 miles. Bermuda can expect to see impacts of Teddy’s tropical-storm-force winds tonight.
Rip currents are expected along western Atlantic beaches for several days, the NHC said.
Tropical Storm Wilfred weakened down to a depression on Sunday morning. It was still at sea but was expected to dissipate by Tuesday.
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The rest of the tropics are still showing signs of activity.
First, Post-Tropical Cyclone Paulette is located a few hundred miles south of the Azores and producing disorganized showers to the northwest of its center as of 1 p.m. Sunday. It may develop once more into a tropical system, its chances within the next five days up to 60 percent.
“This system is drifting southward over marginally warm waters and is expected to begin moving eastward in a couple of days,” NHC forecasters said. “The cyclone could develop tropical or subtropical characteristics during the next day or two.”
Second, a small low-pressure system has moved inland over south-central Florida. NHC forecasters said some development could occur when the low moves over the Gulf of Mexico Sunday through Monday, but it may run into unfavorable upper-level winds. Its chances for development within the next five days remain low at 10 percent.