The eye of Hurricane Paulette moved over Bermuda early Monday morning.  Widespread power outages have been reported over the island. Reports from the Bermuda Weather Service indicate that a gust to 117 mph (189 km/h) was measured at the Marine Operations Center earlier this morning (Monday).

9 AM AST 9/14 Update: Eye of #Paulette moving away from Bermuda. Strong damaging winds from the southwest and torrential rain still affecting the island. pic.twitter.com/VTtBC09MrG

— National Hurricane Center (@NHC_Atlantic) September 14, 2020

Stats

Paulette is moving at 15 mph to the north-northeast. Pressure dropped slightly to 965 mb. Maximum sustained winds have been increasing, now up to 105 mph. The storm is located 160 miles north of Bermuda, moving away from the island.

Forecast Track

Paulette is forecast to remain a category 2 hurricane and is forecast to reach major hurricane status at category 3 with 125 mph winds Wednesday. The storm move over the open waters of the Atlantic Ocean.

However, we might not be done just yet.  Another Tropical Storm in the middle of the Atlantic, Teddy, is forecast to become a major category 3 hurricane by Thursday and could eventually track towards the island by next week.

The official forecast from the National Hurricane Center in Miami only goes out 5 days, but the ‘spaghetti’ plots that forecast some of the forecast tracks extends out a bit further.

Keep checking with WeatherNation for more updates.