Danielle about to drop the bomb– on some fishes

There is virtually no chance of this system coming within a couple hundred miles of any landmass outside of Bermuda, but Danielle is getting ready to go on a romp in the central Atlantic. Really has developed rapidly today, with [url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dvorak_technique"]Dvorak[/url] estimates at 4.0 from the TAFB and 4.3 from CIMMS ADT (U of Wisconsin algorithm) as of late this afternoon.

The former image is just the visible satellite from 1945Z, the later is a microwave pass at 85 GHz (1620Z) which shows that there is a nice eyewall developing under the CDO. Should pop out overnight tonight as it clears out the core, and, combined with decent SST’s and a (fairly) low shear environment, there’s a real chance this might be a major hurricane (115+ mph MSW) before tomorrow is done. SHIPS seems to agree with big percentages for RI (54% for 25 kt, 34% for 40 kt).