At last it has managed to slog through, at the speed of 7 to 8 mph, but at the cost of its high-powered mega-hurricane winds.
Now, it's destined to hit land as a storm, provided the westbound currents don't take it far, far away to cool, deep water.
Margot had seemed to be following in Lee's flow, but was a bit more northward.
That proved fortunate for us, but not so for this next hurricane in the line-up.
It wandered straight into the heart of the Sargasso Sea... and is spinning to its death, like a child's toy trying to turn in shag carpet.
Here's hoping the others in that necklace will follow suit.
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Nigel is right in the heart of the briar patch - I mean, doldrums of the Sargasso Sea - right now.
It's forecast to be a mega-hurricane with winds greater than 110 mph by Tuesday.
However, right now, those winds are blowing at 70 mph and moving westward at 12 mph.
I'll tune in every so often to check on its progress.
I'm rather captivated by the deadening powers of the Sargasso's seaweed.
Three days later, Nigel has calmed back down to 90 mph winds after getting boosted up to 100 mph when it stumbled out of the briar patch.
That's when it got caught by the North Atlantic Current, allowing its speed to catch a massive boost.
In fact, its speed has doubled up to 25 mph, though it's quickly running from hurricane status to tropical storm.
No landfall in sight as it moves northeast in the Atlantic.
Hooray!
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