Tropical Storm Nigel updates from the National Hurricane Center for Sunday, Sep 17

By South Carolina Bot

Updated September 17, 2023 4:58 AM

This graphic created by the National Weather Service/NCEP Weather Prediction Center (WPC) shows the projected path.
NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER — This graphic created by the National Weather Service/NCEP Weather Prediction Center (WPC) shows the projected path. NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER South Carolina Bot

Article first published: Sunday, Sep. 17, 2023, 5 a.m. ET

As per the National Hurricane Center's 5 am Sunday update, Tropical Storm Nigel is 980 miles northeast of the Lesser Antilles and 1180 miles east-southeast of Bermuda, with maximum sustained wind of 50 mph. It’s moving 14 mph to the north-northwest. Nigel is expected to change into a hurricane.

YESTERDAY (Saturday):

Yesterday, the system, now named Nigel, became a tropical storm with sustained winds of 50 mph after undergoing intensification from a tropical depression.

Source: National Hurricane Center

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This story was originally published September 16, 2023 at 4:44 PM with the headline "Tropical Storm Nigel updates from the National Hurricane Center for Sunday, Sep 17."

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