NU Online News Service, August 3, 1:55 p.m. EDT
Tropical Storm Colin, the third named storm of the Atlantic hurricane season, is moving toward the eastern seaboard of the U.S. but is not expected to strengthen into a hurricane over the next five days, according to a Guy Carpenter Instrat unit CAT-i report.
As of this morning, the storm was 945 miles east of the Lesser Antilles, Guy Carpenter said, with winds of around 40 miles per hour.
According to catastrophe modeling firm Risk Management Solutions (RMS), Colin is expected to continue its west-northwest track over the next two days, and either maintain that track or turn north after that. If it turns north, RMS said, it will track out to sea. If it continues along its current path, the system will head northeast of Hispaniola, RMS noted.
Currently, RMS said, the system poses no immediate threat to land, and it is too early to tell whether the U.S. East Coast will be threatened.
Guy Carpenter, citing the National Hurricane Center, said wind shear is likely to prevent significant strengthening as Colin moves toward the U.S. East Coast.
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