ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — Even though the calendar has flipped over to the last month of the hurricane season, the Atlantic remains busy.
One of those systems keeping the tropics active is Hurricane Martin. Martin remains a fast and powerful Category 1 hurricane – the seventh hurricane of the 2022 Atlantic season.
Martin is moving quickly toward the northeast at 46 mph, according to the National Hurricane Center. This rapid increase in forward speed is expected to continue for the next couple of days. The storm is also packing 85 mph winds with hurricane-force winds extending outward up to 50 miles from its center and bringing tropical-storm-force winds extending outward up to 275 miles.
The NHC says Martin should get larger and stronger through Thursday but gradually lose strength through the weekend.
It will still remain a "very large cyclone." What's left of Martin could bring some heavy rainfall and gusty winds for parts of the United Kingdom.