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A nearly stationary Tropical Storm Hanna continues to churn just north of the Bahamas. Computer models finally are determining the future track of the storm. Though Florida is within the cone of uncertainty, Georgia and South Carolina seems to be the most likely point of landfall.

Since this storm has had the models confused for days, we’ll just have to keep an eye on this storm to see if there are any changes the middle of the week.

[Update:  Tropical Storm Hanna has strengthened into Hurricane Hanna with winds at 75 mpg at the 2:00 pm advisory.]

[Tropical Storm Hanna Details and Maps]

Tropical Storm Hanna is out in the Atlantic and is not expected to affect any land for a number of days. Computer models suggest that sometime over the next week, Hanna is expected curve back to the southwest where the storm will head towards the Bahamas and then possibly Cuba. Southeast Florida is still within the ‘cone of uncertainty’.

[Tropical Storm Hanna Details and Maps]

Hanna to remain a tropical storm for a while.

Hanna is moving toward the northwest and is encountering wind sheer which will impede intensification. This situation is expected to continue for a couple of days. Somewhere over the weekend, Hanna could strengthen into a hurricane.

Computer models agree that heading into the middle of next week Hanna will begin to shift back to the southwest toward Florida but where Hanna will actually wind up is quite uncertain.

[More Hanna Details and Maps]

Tropical Depression 8 is out in the open waters of the Atlantic Ocean at this time posing no threat to land. She is expected to become Tropical Storm Hanna later today and a hurricane before Labor Day.

[Update:  11 am advisory - TD 8 strengthens into Tropical Storm Hanna.]

The storm is expected to maintain a west-northwesterly / northwesterly track through early next week when most models indicate a turn back to the southwest toward the east coast of Florida.

[More TD 8 / Hanna Details and Maps]