HERE COMES DANNY: Hurricane Danny strengthens into Category 2 storm in Atlantic

Hurricane Danny has strengthened today. Casey Curry takes a look at the storm's projected path and what next week looks like with the storm in mind

Updated 1 hr 41 mins ago

 

MIAMI, FL (KTRK) -- 

 

Hurricane Danny has strengthened into a Category 2 storm, but it is still well out in the Atlantic and remains very small. In fact, 21 hurricanes the size of Danny could fit inside Hurricane Ike's wind field when it made landfall in Galveston.

Danny will struggle to overcome dry air and higher wind shear this weekend as it approaches the Caribbean. If it survives these hostile conditions, it could get tangled up with Puerto Rico and the US Virgin Islands after the weekend.

A couple more tropical waves following behind Danny have low odds to develop into storms over the next five days. There is also a non-tropical area of low pressure south of Bermuda that could develop over the weekend.