Tropical Depression Six was upgraded to Tropical Storm Felix earlier this morning.
Satellite photos show that it is becoming better organized.
The center passed directly over the island of Grenada overnight, but it was not very strong at the time. It is now 75 miles WNW of the island, moving W at 18 mph.
Top winds are now 45 mph. Felix is expected to become a hurricane in the next two to three days. The storm is at a very low latitude. This places it very close to the South American coast. This is not a favored area for intensification as the storm would tend to pull dry air off the continent and into its circulation.
The official track forecast carries it on nearly a straight line across the Caribbean, eventually brushing the Honduran coast as it heads toward Belize after midweek. No signs of any troughs that would pull the storm northward.
