Large swells generated by Tropical Storm Teddy are expected to reach the Lesser Antilles and the northeastern coast of South America on Wednesday.
And forecasters at the Miami-based National Hurricane Centre (NHC) warned that “these swells are likely to cause life-threatening surf and rip current conditions.”
The NHC said at 5 a.m. AST (0900 UTC), the center of Tropical Storm Teddy was located near latitude 13.7 North, longitude 46.0 West. Teddy, it said, was moving toward the west-northwest near 12 mph (19 km/h), and a west-northwest to northwest track is anticipated during the next few days.
Maximum sustained winds have increased to near 60 mph (95 km/h) with higher gusts.
“Strengthening is forecast for the next several days, and Teddy is likely to become a hurricane late today and could reach major hurricane strength in a few days,” the NHC forecast stated.
Tropical-storm-force winds extend outward up to 115 miles (185 km) from the center.
Meantime the NHC said Hurricane Paulette was located several hundred miles northeast of Bermuda; Hurricane Sally was centered over the north-central Gulf of Mexico; and Tropical Storm Vicky was located over the eastern tropical Atlantic.
