Tropical Storm Fiona, the sixth named storm of the 2016 Atlantic hurricane season, formed Wednesday afternoon over the central Atlantic Ocean.
- Fiona is the 6th named storm of the 2016 Atlantic hurricane season
- The storm is well east of the state of Florida
- The system is no direct threat to the Sunshine State
As of the 5 p.m. update, Fiona was located about 920 miles west of the Cabo Verde Islands. Maximum sustained winds were 40 mph.
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Fiona is moving toward the northwest at 16 mph. A motion toward the northwest or west-northwest with some decrease in forward motion is expected during the next couple of days. Weather models continue to wobble Fiona to the northwest into early next week.
There's also an area of disturbed weather along the west coast of Africa. This is currently running a low chance of tropical development over the next five days, although it could slowly develop early next week as it rolls westward across the eastern Atlantic Ocean.
Neither of these systems currently pose a threat to land.
Models vary slightly, but they generally keep Fiona rolling northwest over the open Atlantic. The longer-range indications still turn the system north by the middle of next week.