Aug. 26, 2009 -- (nhc.noaa.gov): Interests in the Bahamas and the southeastern United States should monitor the progress of Danny.

At 1100 am edt...1500 utc...the center of tropical storm Danny was located near latitude 24.9 north...longitude 70.3 west or about

445 miles...715 km...east of Nassau and about 775 miles...1250 km...

South-southeast of Cape Hatteras North Carolina.

Danny is moving toward the west-northwest near 18 mph...30 km/hr.

A general northwestward motion with a decrease in forward speed is expected today and Thursday...with a turn toward the north-northwest expected on Friday.

Maximum sustained winds are near 45 mph...75 km/hr...with higher gusts.  Slow strengthening is possible during the next couple of days.

Tropical storm force winds extend outward up to 140 miles...220 km mainly to the north of the center.

The minimum central pressure estimated from noaa hurricane hunter aircraft data is 1009 mb...29.80 inches.

Danny is expected to cause storm total rainfall of 2 to 3 inches...

With maximum amounts of 4 inches...over the central and northwestern Bahamas.  Storm total rainfall of 1 to 2 inches are expected over the southeastern Bahamas and the Turks and Caicos islands.