If the system gets more organized, it will become Tropical Storm Ernesto, and it could strengthen into a hurricane later this week.
A tropical wave in the far Atlantic is expected to strengthen into a tropical storm in the next two days and possibly into a hurricane later this week as it moves toward Bermuda, forecasters say.If the system gets organized enough and its sustained winds reach at least 39 mph, it will be named Tropical Storm Ernesto, the fifth named storm of what’s expected to be a very active Atlantic hurricane season.
A tropical storm watch for the U.S. Virgin Islands and Puerto Rico, including Vieques and Culebra, was upgraded to a more urgent tropical storm warning, and the government of Antigua has issued a tropical storm warning for the British Virgin Islands. A tropical wave in the far Atlantic is expected to strengthen into a tropical storm in the next two days and possibly into a hurricane later this week as it moves toward Bermuda, forecasters say.A forecast map issued by the hurricane center shows the tropical wave is expected to strengthen into a tropical depression later Monday or Monday night and then into a tropical storm as it moves closer to the Leeward Islands.
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