The storm currently poses no threat to land.
Tropical Storm Ophelia is expected to strengthen to a hurricane in the Atlantic by Wednesday, forecasters with the National Hurricane Center said early Tuesday morning (Oct. 10). The storm currently poses no threat to land.
As of 4 a.m, the storm was 790 miles southwest of the Azores and had maximum winds of 50 mph. It was moving southeast at 3 mph.
Tropical-storm-force winds extend 105 miles from the center.
The estimated minimum central pressure is 1002 mb (29.59 inches).
Read the full advisory.
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Carlie Kollath Wells is a morning reporter at NOLA.com | The Times-Picayune. Have an early-bird tip? Send it to her: cwells@nola.com or Twitter @carlie_kollath .
