Danny intensifies into season’s first Major Hurricane

The 2:00 p.m. update, Friday
Hurricane Danny Becomes the First Major Hurricane of the 2015 Atlantic Hurricane Season; Rain, Wind Threat to Leeward Islands, Virgin Islands, Puerto Rico – weather.com
- Danny became the first major hurricane (Category 3 on the Saffir-Simpson hurricane wind scale) of the 2015 Atlantic hurricane season Friday afternoon.
- A NOAA research plane Friday afternoon found maximum sustained winds had increased to 115 mph.
- Hurricane Danny was located about 900 miles east of the Leeward Islands in the eastern Atlantic Ocean as of 2 p.m. EDT Friday.
- Danny is expected to begin weakening soon.
- Danny will track west-northwest, reaching the Leeward Islands Monday.
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