Tropical Storm Bonnie 2010: Storm is brewing in the eastern Caribbean, but its impact is being felt miles away in Gulf of Mexico where oil giant BP is making a last-ditch effort to kill oil spill from its ruptured well. BP Senior Vice President Kent Wells said: “We could have a tropical storm at Macondo. Tropical Storm Bonnie 2010, the season’s second tropical storm, has formed in the Bahamas, but she will be short lived.
The National Hurricane Center promoted Tropical Depression 3 to Bonnie in a special advisory at 6:15 p.m. after an Air Force plan flew into the system this afternoon and found top sustained winds of 40 mph, just above the 39 mph threshold for a Tropical Storm Bonnie 2010. Whatever happens should be gone by Friday night, Ebaugh said from the National Weather Service’s Miami office. “A couple of inches wouldn’t hurt,” Ebaugh said.