Major Hurricane Bill

Hurricane Bill is now a major hurricane, meaning it has reached at least Category Three status with maximum sustained wind speeds of at least 111mph. As of early Wednesday morning, Bill is a Category Four storm with maximum sustained winds of 135mph, and is moving WNW at 16mph. A NOAA Hurricane Hunter aircraft is currently en route to further investigate Hurricane Bill.

As Bill moves around the southern edge of high pressure in the central Atlantic, it should turn to the north this weekend at the same time that a long-wave trough moves into the eastern U.S. This trough should nudge Bill northeast, but if the timing or strength of this approaching upper low changes, this would change Bill's projected turn to the northeast and likely keep it slightly more northerly toward New England.

However, all the long-range track estimates are still in good agreement in projecting this turn northeast.