…Ophelia Intensifies Slightly But Forecast to Slowly Weaken…

At 5:00 a.m. EDT, the center of Tropical Storm Ophelia was located near latitude 13.4 north, longitude 47.0 west, or about 1,020 miles east-southeast of the Leeward Islands. Ophelia is moving toward the west at about 14 mph and this motion is expected to continue today, with a turn to the west-northwest expected on Friday