Tropical Storm Humberto forms near the Bahamas

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — Tropical Depression 9 strengthened into Tropical Storm Humberto Friday night.

The National Hurricane Center’s latest track for Tropical Storm Humberto keeps it offshore of Florida.

Right now, Tropical Storm Humberto is over the southern Bahamas, but it’s moving northwest.

The National Hurricane Center says global models suggest the cyclone could even reach hurricane intensity at some point. But, by then, it’s expected to have shifted well over the Atlantic Ocean — southeast of the coast of the Carolinas.

The 11 p.m. Friday advisory from the National Hurricane Center took all of the Tampa Bay area out of the cone of uncertainty.

As of the 11 p.m. advisory, the system was about 225 miles east-southeast of Freeport, Grand Bahama Island. It has maximum sustained winds of 40 mph and is moving northwest at 6 mph.

The Tropical Storm Watch on the east coast of Florida has been discontinued.

The government of the Bahamas has issued a Tropical Storm Warning for the following islands in the northwestern Bahamas the Abacos, Berry Islands, Bimini, Eleuthera, Grand Bahama Island and New Providence.

10Weather Meteorologist Grant Gilmore says this particular disturbance could bring heavy rain and gusty winds to parts of the Bahamas into Friday. That could be a problem for parts of the islands affected by Hurricane Dorian.

Rainfall in excess of an inch or two is forecast across Florida, with higher amounts possible.

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Tuesday, Sept. 10, is the climatological peak of hurricane season, meaning now is about the time where there are the most named storms in the Atlantic basin.

While Dorian and Gabrielle are in the past, this latest disturbance — and two others in the Atlantic — will be worth watching.

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