The U.S. National Hurricane Center in Miami said it expected Danny would become a tropical storm sometime Sunday.

As category 3, Hurricane Danny has strengthened to 115 miles per hour winds as it makes its way toward the Caribbean.

The current hurricane center track has Danny rapidly weakening over the island of Hispaniola, home to Haiti and the Dominican Republic, on Wednesday. However, the storm’s overall size remained small with hurricane-force winds only extending less than 25 miles from its center.

Storms reaching Category 3 and higher are considered “major” hurricanes with winds between 111 and 129 miles per hour that could cause significant loss of life and damage.

Danny two days earlier became the first named storm of the Atlantic season – unusually, if not unexpectedly, late.

Hurricane Danny’s impact on the region remains uncertain, according the National Weather Service – San Juan Forecast Office.

Hurricane Danny doesn’t now pose a threat to the US East coast however it could bring heavy rain and gusty winds to Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands early next week.

If the timing goes as expected, an extension of an upper-level low that is moving across the Midwest and the Northeast could pick up Danny and send it packing north into the Atlantic Ocean instead of into the Gulf of Mexico.

The Washington Post explained exactly what effect wind shear could have on Hurricane Danny. “This could very easily be what rips Danny apart”.

Meanwhile, Tropical Storm Kilo in the Pacific returned to tropical depression status overnight, about 450 miles (725 km) south-soutwest of Hilo, Hawaii, according to the Central Pacific Hurricane Center.

“The National Hurricane Center is not producing rainfall estimates because (Hurricane Danny) still too far”, he said. Smaller storms tend to intensify and weaken rapidly, sometimes faster than models can calculate. Tropical storm watches may be required for portions of the Leeward Islands on Saturday.

However this is a great reminder that we are now in the heart of hurricane season and storms can form quickly so you should always have a plan in place in case something threatens our area.