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The second named storm of this year’s hurricane season, Tropical Storm Bill, strengthened slightly off the U.S. eastern seaboard on Tuesday, but not for long.
It was expected to dissipate on Wednesday over colder water as it approaches the coast of Nova Scotia.
Tropical Depression Two intensified to Tropical Storm #Bill this evening with 45 mph winds about 335 miles ENE of Cape Hatteras, NC. Some further intensification is possible before the system becomes post-tropical, accelerating NE away from the US coast.https://t.co/wLR6aP1c65 pic.twitter.com/eZgbb3F6Dj
— National Hurricane Center (@NHC_Atlantic) June 15, 2021
The National Hurricane Center in Miami said that Bill, which became a storm late Monday, was swirling about 240 miles off Nantucket, Massachusetts.
Bill had maximum sustained winds of 50 mph and was moving to the northeast at 31 mph, on a path that doesn’t pose any immediate threat to land.
Tropical Storm Bill developed into Tropical Depression Two late Monday morning just over 100 miles east of Cape Hatteras, North Carolina.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.
(WATCH: 2021 Hurricane Season: Experts project ‘above normal’ activity could generate 17 named storms)
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