JACKSONVILLE, Fla. -- Forecasters said Shary has strengthened to a Category 1 hurricane overnight, but it is headed out to the open Atlantic.
Forecasters are also watching newly formed Tropical Storm Tomas, with is almost at hurricane strength as it passes near Barbados.
Tomas is about 20 miles south of Barbados. It's expected to become a hurricane sometime Saturday and grow into a Category 3 storm south of Puerto Rico by Tuesday.
Channel 4 hurricane expert George Winterling said a cold front will turn Tomas north over eastern Cuba by Thursday and the system could be east of Florida by next weekend.
It has maximum sustained winds of 70 mph. Forecasters said it's moving west-northwest at about 15 mph.
The U.S. National Hurricane Center said Hurricane Shary is about 325 miles east-northeast of Bermuda. It's moving to the northeast over the central Atlantic Ocean at about 35 mph. It has maximum sustained winds of 75 mph.
Saturday, October 30, 2010
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