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Hurricane Gonzalo has become the second major hurricane (Category 3 or higher) of the 2014 Atlantic season. It is currently pulling away from the Virgin Islands and northern Leeward Islands, but it may target Bermuda later this week.
All hurricane and tropical storm warnings have now been dropped in the Caribbean.
Air Force Hurricane Hunters early Tuesday morning measured wind speeds supporting an upgrade of Gonzalo to a Category 2 hurricane on the Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Wind Scale at 2 a.m. EDT Tuesday as the eye passed just northeast of the British Virgin Islands.
Based on satellite data, NHC upgraded Gonzalo to a Category 3 hurricane Tuesday afternoon. That makes Gonzalo the second major hurricane of the 2014 Atlantic season, after Edouard. It’s the first major hurricane to form in the tropics — as opposed to the subtropics — since Sandy in October 2012.
Any additional strengthening would make Gonzalo the strongest Atlantic tropical cyclone since Hurricane Ophelia peaked as Category 4 system in early October 2011.
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