Hurricane Bill currently has winds near 135 miles per hour and has been reclassified as a category 4 storm on Wednesday, August 19.
Early Wednesday, Bill was centered 460 miles east of the Leeward Islands, moving west-northwest at 16 mph. In fact, according to the National Weather Service, Bill has now been deemed a major hurricane.
The National Hurricane Center said the Leeward Islands should monitor Bill’s progress, although the core of the storm was expected to pass northeast of the islands late Wednesday and early Thursday.
The wind shear is light and the waters are warm. Those are two essential ingredients not just for the formation, but also the maintenance of hurricanes. View a current video update of Hurricane Bill below.