Tropical Storm Danny formed Wednesday on a path that could threaten coastal North Carolina and the Eastern Seaboard by Saturday.

At 5 p.m., the National Hurricane Center reported that the system remained disorganized but had grown powerful enough to become the season's fourth named storm, with winds topping 45 mph.

Danny was just over 560 miles east of Miami and 390 miles east of Nassau and was slowing down, moving west-northwest at 12 mph.

On its predicted track, Danny would pose no risk to Florida but its outer storm bands could bring up to four inches of rain to the central and northwestern Bahamas and about half that to the south.

The hurricane center's computer models predicted Danny would begin to turn more to the north, moving between two atmospheric troughs, but forecasters also stressed there was ``significant uncertainty'' where its core would make landfall anywhere along the coast or stay at sea.

Depending on the timing of its turn, the coastline from North Carolina to New England could see impacts.

Though wind shear and other conditions could make it difficult for Danny over the next two days, forecasters expected the storm to slowly strengthen, potentially to hurricane status as it moves north.

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