Wednesday night it appeared Teddy was struggling as a strong category 2 Hurricane. However on Thursday Teddy was able to rapidly strengthen to an extremely powerful Category 4 Hurricane. So what exactly was causing the structural issues with the hurricane on Wednesday?

It appears an eyewall replacement cycle had begun during the day on Wednesday. The eyewall collapsed causing a short term loss in intensity. As soon as the eyewall replacement cycle concluded however Teddy was ready to take advantage of the surrounding environment and rapidly strengthen.

So what is next for Hurricane Teddy? Well it has the next 48 hours to continue to strengthen over warm sea surface temperatures and low vertical wind shear . After 48 hours the cyclone will be moving over cooler water and by 96 hours vertical wind shear is expected to increase ahead of a frontal trough and associated frontal boundary. These conditions are expected to cause Hurricane Teddy to weaken.

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Twitter meteorologists have been keeping an eye on model trends for Hurricane Teddy over the course of the last few days. A disturbing trend is setting in of a further west path for the developing Hurricane. A path which could bring topical cyclone conditions to a portion of the Northeast and Canada later next week.

As of 5pm EST Teddy was located at 17.5°N 50.8°W moving northwest at 13 mph. Maximum sustained winds remained at 100mph and pressure was holding steady at 973mb. Strengthening is in the forecast over the next 48 hours before strong upper level winds set in and weaken the Hurricane before it passes over Bermuda late Sunday and early Monday.

For more see the latest information from the National Hurricane Center: http://www.nhc.noaa.gov

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President Donald Trump expressed concern Wednesday with any deal involving TikTok that would allow its Chinese parent company to retain control over the video-sharing app — casting doubt on the company’s latest effort to keep the app alive in the U.S.

The president issued an executive order last month that would ban TikTok, arguing it could potentially funnel data belonging to its 100 million American users to China. The company has denied it would do so.

This week, Beijing-based ByteDance proposed creating a global headquarters in the U.S. and bringing on American tech company Oracle as its “trusted technology partner.” The exact ownership structure is not yet clear, though some media outlets have reported ByteDance would keep a majority stake in the company.

“I mean, just conceptually, I can tell you I don’t like that,” Trump told reporters. “So, if that’s the case, I’m not going to be happy with that. Assuming that ByteDance is China, which I think it probably is.”

Trump said he would be briefed on the deal Thursday morning and had only seen media reports about its terms.The Committee on Foreign Investment in the U.S., an inter-agency panel led by the Treasury Department, reviewed the proposal at its meeting Tuesday and is slated to make a recommendation to Trump this week.

“They’re giving me studies on the deal,” he said. “It has to be 100 percent as far as national security is concerned. And, no, I’m not prepared to sign off on anything. I have to see the deal.”

Republican allies in the Senate, including. Sens. Josh Hawley (R-Mo.), Ted Cruz (R-Texas) and Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) have pushed back on any deal with would not remove ByteDance from TikTok’s ownership structure.

Trump signed an executive order Aug. 6 requiring ByteDance to stop doing business in the U.S. effective this Sunday out of concern about its alleged ties to the Chinese government. TikTok has denied providing data to Beijing and has pledged it would never do so.

Nevertheless, Trump then issued a second executive order giving the company time to find a U.S. buyer for TikTok. Those negotiations led to a proposal involving Oracle, and potentially other U.S. firms, taking on a role in the company’s U.S. operations but not purchasing them outright.

Trump has previous said he wants the Treasury Department to collect money on any deal, arguing his executive orders made a sale possible and the government should be compensated. On Thursday, he expressed disbelief that lawyers have determined such payments are unprecedented.

“Amazingly, I find that you’re not allowed to do that. You’re not allowed to accept money,” Trump said.

“What kind of a thing is this? If they’re willing to make big payments to the government, they’re not allowed because there’s no way of doing that. There’s no legal path to doing that,” he continued.

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Some of Mexico’s glaciers may be gone by the year 2023. It’s tricky to estimate exactly when the massive chucks of ice will become extinct, but at least one glaciologist believes the glaciers of Iztaccihuatl, a dormant volcano and the country’s third tallest, could be gone within the next decade—or even sooner. Related: Archaeologists Race Melting…

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By Nicole Errett, Lecturer in Environmental and Occupational Health, University of Washington. Hurricane Harvey flooded one-third of Houston and displaced more then 30,000 people in the region. Janelle Rios, CC BY-ND For most Americans, the one-two punch of last fall’s hurricanes is ancient history. But hard-hit communities in Texas, Florida and the Caribbean are still rebuilding.…

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It looks like a Fourth of July display, but it’s for science. These colorful, drifting clouds help scientists study the movement of particles in the upper atmosphere. NASA If at first you don’t succeed, try, try again. That should be the motto for a NASA mission that has finally launched after no less than 11 scrubbed…

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In the span of 100 years, mankind has gone from the most rudimentary flying machines to sending people to the Moon and sending shuttles outside of our solar system. NASA has been pivotal to those accomplishments, and their “storied legacy and soaring future” are definitely worth celebrating. NASA invites everybody to three days of discussion and…

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WASHINGTON, June 30, 2017 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — The following is a statement from acting NASA Administrator Robert Lightfoot about Friday’s Executive Order creating the National Space Council: “I am pleased that President Trump has signed an executive order reestablishing the National Space Council. The council existed previously from 1989-1993, and a version of it also existed as…

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By Matthew Kahn, Professor of Economics, University of Southern California – Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences, Leah Platt Boustan, Professor of Economics, Princeton University, Maria Lucia Yanguas, Ph.D. Candidate in Economics, University of California, Los Angeles, and Paul W. Rhode, Professor and Chair of Economics, University of Michigan. The sun rises behind the remains…

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NEWARK — Emergency responders — some using a boat and amphibious vehicle — rescued 29 people stranded by flood waters in Newark Friday, officials said. The flooding, brought on by torrential downpours, was mostly reported in the city’s East Ward. Newark firefighters used a Zodiac boat to reach some stuck motorists while the Office of Emergency…

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