Tropical Storm Nicole strengthened Tuesday and Hard Soap Hard Soap (1977)threatening to make landfall in Florida as a hurricane sometime Thursday, according to the National Hurricane Center.

Nicole’s path has increasingly narrowed toward central Florida, and hurricane warnings have been issued from Boca Raton to the Flagler/Volusia County Line.

As of Tuesday morning, the storm is 460 miles from the Florida coast and boasting maximum sustained winds of 50 miles per hour. The storm is expected to reach the Bahamas on Wednesday before pushing on toward Florida, according to the NHC forecast.

Tropical Storm Nicole path: Track the storm as it aims toward Florida

The National Hurricane Center is the definitive online resource for all things related to Tropical Storm Nicole.

The NHC is part of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and provides regular updates to the storm’s current track, its predicted path in the coming days, provides warnings to impacted areas, and estimates how much damage the storm might cause when it arrives.

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To see the latest information about Tropical Storm Nicole and its current track, here is the NHC forecast sitededicated to the storm.

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