Hurricane Earl is back up to Category 4 intensity, with 135 mph winds. Not much change to the forecast reasoning — the worst weather is likely to remain offshore — but that right turn needs to begin soon (like, tonight). Watches and warnings now extend from Cape Fear, North Carolina all the way to almost the Massachusetts-New Hampshire border.
Meanwhile, trailing behind Earl, we now officially have two cartoon-character-named storms in the Atlantic: Tropical Storms Fiona and Gaston.