The first Major Hurricane of the 2009 Atlantic Season!

This Tuesday evening... Hurricane Bill became the first major hurricane of the 2009 Atlantic season.  Bill became a strong Category 3 storm packing maximum sustained winds of 125 mph.  Bill will likely further strengthen on Wednesday and could become a Category 4 storm.  At this time... Bill is out in the Atlantic Ocean and not an immediate threat to land.  Current computer model forecasts take the hurricane south and then west of Bermuda on Friday and Saturday... and keep it just off the coast of the Northeast U.S. later in the weekend.  Bill could strike Nova Scotia and/or the Canadian Maritimes late Sunday into Sunday night.  For more information on Hurricane Bill and tropical weather in general... please visit the National Hurricane Center website at: http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/