Tropical Storm Florence is expected to strengthen into a hurricane sometime Sunday.
MIAMI (CBSMiami) – Tropical Storm Florence is expected to strengthen into a hurricane sometime Sunday.
At 8 a.m. Florence was located about 765 miles southeast or Bermuda and about 640 miles northeast of the Northern Leeward Islands.
Florence is moving toward the west near 6 mph, and this general motion is expected to continue today.
A west-northwestward motion with an increase in forward speed is expected by Monday, and that motion is forecast to continue through mid-week.
On the forecast track, the center of Florence will move over the southwestern Atlantic Ocean between Bermuda and the Bahamas Tuesday and Wednesday, and approach the southeastern U. S. coast on Thursday.
Maximum sustained winds are near 70 mph with higher gusts.
Florence is expected to become a hurricane today and rapid intensification is likely to begin by Sunday night.
Florence is forecast to become a major hurricane on Monday.
Tropical-storm-force winds extend outward up to 125 miles from the center.
There are currently no coastal watches or warnings in effect.
