BRIDGETOWN, Barbados– A tropical storm warning has gone into effect for Bermuda as Hurricane earl, the second named hurricane of the 2022 Atlantic Hurricane season, inches towards the British Overseas territory with maximum sustained winds of 85 miles per hour (mph).
In its latest weather bulletin, the Miami-based National Hurricane Center (NHC) said that the hurricane is approximately 440 miles south of Bermuda and that its center is located near latitude 26.0 North, longitude 65.7 West.
“Earl is moving towards the north near eight mph, and a continued northward motion is expected to continue through tonight. A turn towards the north-northeast and then northeast with an increase in forwarding speed is expected to begin on Thursday and continue through early Saturday,” the NHC said, noting that on the forecast track, the center of Earl is expected to pass to the southeast of Bermuda on Thursday night.
It said data from an Air Force Reserve Hurricane Hunter aircraft indicate that maximum sustained winds remain near 85 mph with higher gusts, and “strengthening is forecast during the next couple of
Days” with Earl expected to become a major hurricane on Thursday.
Hurricane-force winds extend outward up to 40 miles from the center, and tropical storm-force winds extend outward up to 140 miles.
The NHC said tropical storm conditions are expected in Bermuda beginning Thursday afternoon. Earl is expected to produce rainfall amounts of one to two inches across Bermuda through Friday.
“Swells generated by Earl are expected to reach Bermuda tonight and the U.S. east coast shortly after that. These swells are likely to cause life-threatening surf and rip current conditions through the weekend,” the NHC said in its bulletin.
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