Tropical Storm Ophelia continues to move west, but officials with the National Weather Service were expecting slow weakening during the next 48 hours due to strong upper-level winds.

The storm is located near latitude 13.6 north and longitude 47.6 west. Ophelia is moving toward the west near 13 mph and this motion is expected to continue today with a turn to the west-northwest expected on Friday.

Maximum sustained winds are near 65 mph with higher gusts. Tropical storm force winds extend outward up to 230 miles mainly to the north of the center.

Computer models have the storm staying in the Atlantic.