early on october 25, hurricane fox entered the atlantic ocean. it crossed central andros and turned east across the bahamas. on october 26, the hurricane briefly re-intensified as it crossed cat island. the center became ill-defined, and the cyclone quickly weakened. it turned north and then took an erratic northeast turn as it weakened to a tropical storm on october 27. the system gained extratropical characteristics as it merged with a polar frontal boundary, and it dissipated west-southwest of bermuda on october 28.