Danny isn’t moving much; hurricane hunter plane checking on the storm

Tropical Storm Danny appears to be taking a break. The storm hasn’t advanced much in the past few hours. Hurricane hunter plane from the Air Force Reserve are out to check what’s happening with the storm.

In its 2 p.m. advisory, the National Hurricane Center in Miami says it still expects Danny to resume its north-northwest course at about 10 mph later today.

Danny is currently located 355 miles south of Cape Hatteras, N.C., and 830 miles south-southwest of Nantucket, Mass.

The tropical storm watch remains in effect for the North Carolina coast from Cape Lookout north to Duck.

Forecasters at NHC are still monitoring a large low pressure area about 900 miles west-southwest of the southernmost Cape Verde Islands. It continues to produce disorganized showers and thunderstorms.  It could developed into a more organized system over the next two days because of favorable conditions.

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