I would like to introduce you to my hurricane friend- hurricane Danny. On Thursday, he became the first hurricane in the 2015 Atlantic hurricane season. I was so proud when I heard. On Friday, Danny became a Category 2 hurricane, and is pictured below.
Danny is small for a hurricane, with his winds extending just 70 miles from his center. The maximum sustained winds are at 105 mph. Danny is at about 930 miles east of the Leeward Islands, which is in the eastern Atlantic. He is moving west or northwest, weakening as he does so, and will reach the Leeward Island Monday, which could bring rain much needed in drought suffering places like Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands. Hurricane Danny is weakening because of something called wind shear; wind shear blows away convection from the center of the storm.