FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla._So what's happening with Hurricane Lorenzo?
Lorenzo is a Category 1 hurricane with peak winds of 90 mph as of 5 p.m. EDT Wednesday. The storm is still way out there in the Atlantic about 3,000 miles east of Fort Lauderdale, so it's nowhere close to South Florida.
Lorenzo is a fast mover, though, with a forward motion speed of 18 mph, according to the National Hurricane Center. Just since Wednesday morning, Lorenzo has traveled 120 miles.
Hurricanes that form off the coast of Africa are notorious for creeping west in the Atlantic toward the Caribbean and the United States but thankfully Lorenzo's forecast track is not showing such a pattern.
Instead, Lorenzo is so far projected to remain a fish storm, or a storm that stays out in the water. The hurricane is forecast to veer northwest in the Atlantic for several hundred miles before turning east. As a result Lorenzo's cone, which shows the storm's probable path, resembles a boomerang.
Lorenzo is also expected to be a major hurricane by Thursday morning. Major hurricanes are hurricanes that are Category 3 intensity or above and cause damage described by the hurricane center as devastating and catastrophic.
By Friday, Lorenzo's top wind speeds are expected to be about 125 mph, which would make the storm a strong Category 3 hurricane.
At this point, Lorenzo is no threat to any land mass including Florida and the U.S.
Meanwhile, the Atlantic hurricane basin, which includes the Atlantic Ocean, the Caribbean Sea and Gulf of Mexico continues to be a crowded place.
Tropical Storm Karen's forecast is exhibiting some plot twists. Karen is now projected to loop back toward the Bahamas as a tropical storm. It's not clear yet if Florida will be in Karen's path.
As well, Jerry was near Bermuda and weakening to the extent it no longer had sustained tropical storm-force winds by 5 p.m. Wednesday, the National Hurricane Center said. The 5 p.m. public advisory for Jerry was the last one. Bermuda also canceled the tropical storm warning that had been in place as a result of Jerry.
And finally, a tropical disturbance in the Gulf of Mexico is no longer expected to develop into a cyclone. The disturbance, which is producing some rain, is expected to move inland over northeastern Mexico on the weekend.
