Southwesterly shearing winds aloft, stable, dry air and cooler water temperatures have begun to weaken Fred and the system is expected to move into a more unfavorable environment in the coming days.
There is no indication at this time that Fred will come anywhere near the Caribbean or North America based on the latest computer model guidance and the state of the atmosphere. Fred is forecast to weaken to a tropical depression and then a remnant low in about 4-5 days.
Fred is just the fourth Atlantic named storm to form east of 19 degrees West longitude, the National Hurricane Center said in its advisory issued for the storm Sunday morning.
According to a blog from Bob Henson of wunderground.com, there is no reliable record of a hurricane ever making landfall in Cabo Verde. Henson said that an 1892 storm reportedly intensified into a hurricane while passing to the south of the northwest Cape Verde Islands. In 1998, Jeanne reached hurricane status while passing south of the islands by about 100 miles, Henson added.
http://www.weather.com/storms/hurricane/news/tropical-storm-hurricane-fred-atlantic-2015
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