Hurricane Edouard (General Wreck)

Meteorolgical History
On June 26, the NHC noticed the development of a tropical wave in the open Atlantic. It headed northwest over the next two days, gradually organizing as it did so, until a closed circulation was found, marking the formation of Tropical Depression 4. It was soon after upgraded to a tropical storm, and named Edouard. It continued to progress northwest the next day and was upgraded to a hurricane. Edouard strengthened to a Category 2 hurricane with winds of 110 mph before rapidly losing intensity due to high wind shear. However, this was short lived, as Edouard intensified into a hurricane again the next day, before aiming at Bermuda. The hurricane continued to slowly intensify over the next few days, until it rapidly intensified to a Category 4 and peaked at its closest approach to Bermuda, with winds of 140 mph and a central pressure of 934 millibars. Bermuda experienced damaging hurricane force winds until Edouard turned slightly more west and headed for North Carolina. Subsequently, Edouard weakened to a Category 3 hurricane as it underwent an eyewall replacement cycle and struggled against slightly higher wind shear. The hurricane stalled as it approached land, and reintensified to a Category 4 before making landfall in North Carolina multiple times as it stalled unpredictably. Eventually, Edouard moved off the coast again and re-intensified to a Category 3 before making landfall on Long Island, New York and transitioning to an extratropical cyclone and dissipating over Canada.