"It looks like it's going to intensify to a 4 maybe by the end of the afternoon (Friday), so it's a powerful system. The danger with this system is that it's not tracking over or close to land. When systems do that, the outer bands … when they start to brush up against coastline or land, it weakens the storm system. There's no land around. It's out in the mid-Atlantic and it's just churning and the sea surface temperatures are warmer than normal. So right now, there's nothing to weaken this system," said Day.
Zero Hedge: "Powerful" Hurricane Teddy Strengthens To Cat 4 With Canada In Crosshairs; Tropical Depression 22 Forms In Gulf
The National Hurricane Center (NHC) is closely monitoring "powerful" Hurricane Teddy as it continues to churn in the Atlantic Ocean and could make landfall in Canada early next week.
As of 0500 ET Friday, Teddy is generating 130 mph winds (Category 4) while moving northwest at 12 mph and located about 900 miles southeast of Bermuda. The system is expected to make landfall near Nova Scotia, Canada, as a Category 2, on Tuesday/Wednesday.
Chief meteorologist Cindy Day of SaltWire Network, a Canadian newspaper, said Teddy "would come into Canadian waters late Monday night, and we'd start to get impacted Tuesday afternoon in Nova Scotia, Wednesday in Newfoundland."
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WNU Editor: This post is for my Canadian readers. It is too early to say where this hurricane is heading. But Canada is not use to being hit with hurricanes, and this will cause significant damage if it continues in its current trajectory.
