Dexter remains a sheared tropical storm. Animated Proxy-Visible imagery shows a partially exposed low-level center near the western edge of the convective canopy, a function of moderate shear. With little change in the convective signature or satellite estimates during the past few hours, the initial intensity will stay at 40 kt for this advisory.

A tropical storm churned Monday in the western Atlantic Ocean, but forecasters say it was expected to move away from the U.S. coast and stay north of