Tropical Storm Hanna Holds Steady on East-Southeast Track, NHC Says
If you have Atlantic sailings near Bermuda or the Azores this week, note that Hanna sits about 1,085 miles from Bermuda and 1,080 miles from the Azores as of Tuesday's 5 a.m. advisory, with no coastal watches or warnings issued. The NHC expects Hanna to turn east-northeast and weaken to post-tropical by late this week. Check the next NHC advisory, due at 11 a.m. AST, for updates.
Reading this advisory as filed, what stands out is what's absent: no watches, no warnings, no hazards affecting land. Hanna is a modest 45-mph system sitting over 1,000 miles from both Bermuda and the Azores, moving away from populated areas on an east-southeast track that's forecast to bend east-northeast. The NHC's own call is that Hanna likely goes post-tropical by late this week — that's the headline number here, not landfall risk, because none is stated. For anyone with an Atlantic itinerary threading between Bermuda and the Azores, my read is this is a watch-and-wait, not a rebook situation. I'd check the 11 a.m. AST follow-up advisory before making any changes, since intensity is only forecast to fluctuate slightly. Nothing in this bulletin points to port closures or itinerary changes.