Bill Still A Major Hurricane

After weakening slightly over the last several hours, Hurricane Bill was downgraded early Wednesday to a Category Three storm, but is still a major hurricane with maximum sustained winds at 125mph. Bill is now moving Northwest as opposed to its recent West-Northwest motion, and should turn more northerly this weekend as it passes near Bermuda as a Cat 3 or 4 storm. This weekend anywhere along the East Coast, large swells will be possible as Bill remains offshore. Bill may clip parts of Nova Scotia and Newfoundland early next week as it weakens and accelerates to the Northeast into the much cooler North Atlantic waters.