Hurricane Melissa is now moving at pace north-east in the western Atlantic with sustained wind speeds of 105mph (169km/h).
It is expected to weaken further as it encounters cooler waters and track to the west of Bermuda on Thursday.
The US National Hurricane Center warns that Bermuda could see damaging winds with around 25mm (1in) of rain, rough seas and potentially life-threatening rip currents.
By the weekend Melissa will pass to the east of Newfoundland, Canada.
But as it enounters much cooler sea surface temperartures and the jet stream – the fast moving wind high in the atmosphere – it will weaken and undergo what meterologists call “extra tropical transition”.
In other words, it will no longer be a tropical storm or hurricane and will just be an area of low pressure, despite having the remnants and signature of Melissa.
This area of low pressure will then move east across the Atlantic interacting with other weather systems and is likely to stall around the south-east of Greenland before weakening.
Any effects to the UK will be limited, but a weather front wrapped around this area of low pressure may bring some heavy rain on Monday.
It may also turn a bit breezy but the weather will be nothing more than a typical autumn day.
