The Nation - News from Aug. 17, 1987
Arlene, the season’s first tropical storm, was expected to weaken slowly as it drifts into the open Atlantic southeast of Bermuda, hurricane forecasters said. At 10:30 p.m. EDT, Arlene was centered about 475 miles southeast of Bermuda. It was moving southeasterly at 5 m.p.h., the National Hurricane Center in Miami said. The storm’s maximum sustained winds remained at near 45 m.p.h. It became a tropical storm Tuesday when its maximum sustained winds reached 39 m.p.h.
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