The National Hurricane Center is currently issuing advisories on newly-formed Tropical Storm Danielle. At the 5pm AST update, Danielle was centered at 13.4N 35.1W, or about 725 miles West of the Southernmost Cape Verde Islands. Current forecast models curve this storm to the open Atlantic without becoming a threat to the mainland United States.

Intensity forecasts take Danielle to at most a Category 2 Hurricane on the Saffir-Simpson Scale by Friday. This should not be a threat to the mainland United States, but might provide some nice-looking satellite images over the next few days.

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